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and lightning on the 23d, of September 1773, when we difcovered 



's Ifle. The fame happened after we had palled Mopeeha 



Harvey's 



or Howe's lile on June 7th, 17745 when we fell in with the Mar- 

 quefas and O-Taheitee, we had fome fudden gufts of wind with 

 rain 3 when we came to Tofooa oae of the Friendly liles, when we 

 came into the vicinity of Whitfuntide ille, and during a good 

 while, that we were about the New- Hebrides;, when, we came, to 

 Norfolk-IHe, and near New-Zeeland, we experienced the fame fud- 

 den gufts of wind with lliowers of rain; all which feems to have 

 been likewife noticed by that intelligent obferver,. Mr. de Bour 



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gainville '-''^ 



thirdly, that in the courfe of our voyage; we fliould efpecially 



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to the South have Fogs is very natural, from the nature of the cli^ 

 mate, and the analogy in the Northern hemifphere-; nor would it 

 deferve any further notice, was it not for a very curious, and as far 



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as I know, quite new obfervation, firft kindly communicated by that 



great 



d experienced 



Capt. Cook, and which I after 



wards had frequent opportunities of feeing, confirmed, . by my own 



exp 



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rienee 



ith a 



If after a hard gale, with a high fea and a fwell> we met v^ 

 calm, and a fog fell in at the fame time, we obferved that the 



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fweU, inflead of gradually abating, as ihould be the natural confe- 



quencQ 



* Sec his voyage, p, 278. and 284. of.the Englifh edition. 



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