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APPENDIX. 



No. IV. 



In the Appendix to the second volume of Flin- 

 ders 1 Voyage, which has lately been published, 

 there is an article of considerable length and abi- 

 lity, on the Variation of the Compass. In that 

 article, the observations made by that excellent sail- 

 or, corroborate, in a remarkable degree, and accord 

 with those made in the Sybyll. I have selected a 

 few of the most decisive instances. 



Long. 



144° 40' E. az 

 144 1 



135 

 135 

 153 

 153 



9 



9 

 23 

 27 



anipl. 



Course. 



W.S.YV. 



s. 



S.E.6E. 

 S.W.&W, 



N.W6N. 

 S.E.iS. 



Var. 



11 

 7 



52' E, 

 59 



I 



1 33 W. | 



3 56E. / 

 9 39 | 

 6 33 / 



Diff. 



3°53 



5 39 

 3 6 



After such a coincidence, the fact of the varia- 

 tions depending greatly on the ship's course can- 

 not possibly be called in question ; though it is 

 certainly surprising that it has not been sooner at- 

 tended to in the way that it deserves, by other 

 navigators ; for it did not altogether escape their 



