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commodore Edward Thomfon; and under his command ^ ^^^^ ^' 

 his Majefty's fhip Nautilus of 16 guns, which were <— — v — -» 

 bound on the African ftation. We hove-to, and I fent oaobVr. 

 Mr. M'Leod, my chief mate, on board the commodore "'^ ^^'^' 

 with difpatches, in order to defire that he would be fo 

 obliging as to fend them on fhore to the Britifh conful, 

 with a requeft that he would forward them to England by 

 the firft conveyance. At the fame time I difcharged one 

 of my crew, and fent him on board the commodore at his 

 own requeft. Mr. M'Leod returning about eight o'clock, 

 we made fail and ftood to the South Weft with a fine 

 Eafterly breeze and clear weather. 



Nothing occurred worthy of note till the 2 2d; when Saturday 22. 

 the water appearing remarkably coloured, we founded at 

 noon with 130 fathom line; but got no bottom. Our 

 latitude was 17° igf North, and the longitude 22° 55' Weft. 



At five in the afternoon we faw the Ifie of Sal, bearing 

 Weft North Weft half Weft, 1 1 leagues diftant: at fix o'clock 

 we fhortened fail and ftretched to the Northward under the 

 topfails; being apprehenfive of falling in with fome rocks 

 which are laid down in the charts about 10 or 12 leagues 

 to the E aft ward of this iftand. 



At fix in the morning of the 23d we made fail and Sunday 23. 

 bore up South by Weft with a fine trade breeze: in the 

 forenoon we were in fight of Boriavifta, the extremes of which 

 bore from North 49° Weft to North 86° Weft, diftant about 

 feven leagues. Our meridional obfervation gave 16° 7' North 

 latitude, and the mean refuit of feveral lunar obferva- 

 tions, taken in the morning:, gave the longitude at noon 

 3 ^ 22° 



