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June. the Megameter ; and from that bafe determined the po- 

 fition of Hangchff, which had never before been afcer- 

 tained, though it is a very remarkable point, and fre- 

 quently made by fhips. According to thefe obfervations 

 it is in latitude 60° 9', and longitude 0° 56' 30"' W. In 

 the Appendix I fhall give an account of the manner of 

 taking furveys by this inftrument, which I believe never 

 to have been praftifed before. At one, obferved the dip 

 to be 75°. A thick fog came on in the afternoon, 

 with a flat calm ; we could not fee the Carcafs, but 

 heard her anfwer the flgnals for keeping company. 

 Variation, from the mean of feveral obfervations^ 

 25° 1 W. 



1 6th. A very thick fog in the morning ; latitude ob~ 

 :ferved at noon 60" 29' 17^': the dip was obferved at 

 nine in the evening to be 76° 45'. In the afternoon, the 

 weather clear, and the wind fair, fleered N N E : fent 

 Captain Lutwidge his further orders and places of ren- 

 dezvous. 



17th. Wind fair, and blowing frelh at S S W, con- 

 tinued the courfe N N E : ordered the people a part of 

 the additional clothing : faw an Englifli floop, but had 

 no opportunity of finding letters on board, the lea run- 

 ning high. At ten in the morning, longitude by the 

 watch 0° 19'45'^W: at noon, the latitude obferved 

 was 62° S9 27". The fhip had out-run the reckoning 



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