OF LA PEROUSE. 37 



We rode by a haw for made fall to the Eng- 

 lifh floop of war. I rauft not omit this oppor- 

 tunity of fpeaking in praile of the handfome be- 

 haviour of the Captain, who, in the raoft oblig- 

 ing manner, made a point of giving us all the 

 affiftance that we wanted for getting under 

 way. Our Admiral had, on his part, em- 

 ployed every means of being ufeful to him when 

 he had come, a few days after us, and anchored 

 in this road. 



A tow-line run out to the buoy of the Englifh 

 floop ferved us to eaft by; and after having loofed 

 our fails, we left the coaft, by means of a light 

 air of wind which lafted too fhort a time for the 

 Efperance to take advantage of it, although fhe 

 had got under fail a few minutes after us. Car- 

 ried away by the flood, which immediately made, 

 fhe was obliged to drop a kedge anchor, and 

 warp ahead by it, in order to extricate herfelf 

 from the fhips in the midtl of which Ihe lay, and 

 get clear of the coaft. 



It was half paft nine o'clock before fhe joined 

 us. The courfe was then fixed at fouth by weft. 



At noon we were in the latitude of 2 8 5' 4c" 

 north, and our longitude was 18 36' 40" weft. 

 We at the fame time fet the Peak of TenerifFe, 

 bearing weft 2 8 north, and the eaft part of the 

 ifland of Canary, eaft 2 4 fouth. 



About one o'clock in the afternoon the courfe 

 d 3 was 



