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A VOYAGE TO THE 



^ *iii^ ^* ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^'^ ^^^ refemblance of a porpoife. I fliould 

 gladly have got this fiili on board, that I might have been 



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 V/edne 



ua'ry. able to defcribc it more minutely ; but in flruggling he 

 extricated himfelf from the harpoon, after being ftruck 

 near half a minute. 



Friday 3. The moming of the 3d being clear and the weather 



fine, I took this opportunity of getting the feamen's chefts 

 up, and had the ihip well cleaned and fcraped fore and 

 aft, and thoroughly aired with fires. Towards noon it 

 grew cloudy, and a ftrong gale came on at North Weft, 

 attended with fqualls, which increafed to a violent degree 

 towards night ; this caufed us to hand the topfails and 

 forefail, and bring- to under a reefed mainfail, fore and 



Saturday 4. mizcn ftayfails. The morning of the 4th was more mo- 

 derate, but the wind ftill blew a frefh gale from the 

 Weftward. An obferved diftance of the fun and moon 

 gave 68° i' Weft longitude, the latitude was 60° 19' 

 South. 



Sundays- On the 5th I Ordered the people one pound and a half 



of frefh pork a man, in addition to their allowance of 

 fait provifions, together with an extra half allowance of 

 brandy : this, and every indulgence in my power, I gave 

 them with the greateft pleafure, as their behaviour has 

 given me great fatisfadlion ever fince they have been under 

 my command. 



Monday 6. In 6o° 9' Scuth latitude, and 70° 13' Weft longitude, 

 the mean refult of fix azimuths gave 26° ig Eafterly va- 

 riation. Being nov/ well to the Southward, I fteered Weft 

 by South whenever the wind permitted. 



We 



