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a S'. E. wind, which hindered us from going to Tonga- tabu as we windfv 

 originally intended;, this breeze continued, with a few changes, till we 

 fell in with the New Hebrides, where we had frequent fqualls and 

 rain, and fometimes calms ;. We had again Eaflerly winds in going t^- 

 New Caledonia, andwhen near it were" often becalmed, with now- 



After we left New 



and then a fquall and a hard fhower of rain. 



Caledonia we had the wind South,, but it veered gradually 



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S. W. and W. by S. and S 



the Wellerly quarter, where 



remained,, and brought us to Queen Charlotte's Sound for the third 



time. 



In the year 1775, when we left the Cape of Good Hope, we 

 had a frefh South-Eafl breeze, . which now and then became fome- 



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what more Eaflerly, and at laft.we were, becalmed from May lotli 

 to the night of the 1 3th, when the true South-Eafl trade fet in, 

 and carried us to the illands of St. Helena, Afcenfion, Fernando 

 de Noronha, - and to the 4th degree North latitude, where we were 

 becalmed. From the time we left St. Helena, we had now 



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then fqualls and fhowers of rain, which were more common abouS 



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the Line.. The calm lafled from June i^th to the 19th, and was 



and fet 



with thunder. 



accompanied . with hard fhowers of rain, 



and lightning. After, this,, we met- again a breeze at North, which 



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during the night veered" to N. N. E. and N. E.; but, 



vanced farther to the' North, the wind became luore fettled 



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