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lla, in the feme latitude. I again examined 

 them, ar ng ftraincd tlie water that con- 



tained them ; they differed in no refpecl: from 

 thofe which I had before obferved : I ftill dif- 

 tinguilhcd the lame little tranfparent, globular 

 molecules, the lizc of which was about a third 

 of a millimeter. 



A light breeze from the fouth-weft permitted 

 us in the afternoon of the next day, the 1 7th of 

 January, to direel our route towards the en- 

 trance of Table Bay. As foon as it had frefhen- 

 ed up a little, we ftcercd, with all fail fet, fouth- 

 eaft by eaft, for Hangman's Point, which we 

 ranged very clofely along, carrying with us 

 pretty regular foundings from four to five fa- 

 thoms. 



It was half pall five o'clock when we anchored 



Mir fathoms water, the bottom gray (and, 



at the diitance of a kilomct< r from the fhorc; 



the town clock bearing weft 38 fouth ; the 



Rump weft 3 north ; the 



lion of the porthermnofi fort weft 45 north ; 



and Robben Iflnnd north i weft. 



We had not a luk tikiu on board, although 

 length of our paiihge had reduced us to 

 ry (lender allowance of water; but en- 

 had been made to compenfate for 

 privation by a great ufe of various kinds of 

 A fort of punch, very whole- 

 4 fome 



