D4, A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY 
land much greater than that at which either are usually 
accustomed to be met with. 
Sunday, 13th.— Nothing has occurred for this week 
past worthy of being mentioned, unless the changes 
in the state of the weather were recorded in their re- 
gular order, and even these were so uninteresting 
that it would be too tedious a task to notice them; 
let it suffice, that it has been sometimes fine weather, 
at other times the reverse, occasionally blowing fresh, 
and at other times light breezes ; but what annoyed 
us most was, that during the greatest part, indeed I 
may say the whole of this period, the wind has been 
directly against us. We had slant of wind in our fa- 
vour this forenoon, but it soon veered round again to 
the northward and westward.’ Theweather being favour- 
able this afternoon for making observations, azimuths 
were taken with the ship’s head on different points of 
the compass, witha view of ascertaining the deviation 
of the needle from the magnetic vives diet From the 
result of these observations .we find, that the devia- 
tion has, as might naturally be expected, increased 
very considerably since we left England; but its m- 
crease appears to have been very regular, for north 
and south are still found to be the points of change : 
and the greatest deviation is found to take place 
when the ship’s head is to the westward, which is 
very easily explained, forthe local attraction of the 
iron in the ship, and the directive power of the earth, 
are then in some measure co-operating, or perhaps it 
might be more proper to say, that the latter has less 
power to counteract the influence of the former, 
when the ship’s head is in that direction. 
* Our latitude at noon being 55° 03' N. and long. 36° 00! W. 
by chronometer. 
