52 AVOYAGETOTHE 



^ ^UL ^' ^^° 7' longitude. In the afternoon I fent a boat on board 



^— ^~— ' the Queen Charlotte for captain Dixon ; he came on board 



March, the King George, and we determined to ftand on diredily 



ufi. ay. I. |.^^ j^^^ Majos, an ifland difcovered by the Spaniards, and 



fituated about 20° North latitude, and 135° longitude. 



This ifland being very little out of our track, induced me 



to fteer for it, as there was a probability of meeting with 



a good harbour and water ; fo that we fhould be able to 



refit our veflels and refrefh the crews, without running 



down to the Sandwich Illands, which were confiderably 



out of our courfe. At the fame time we appointed 



Owhyhee as our place of rendezvous in cafe of feparation 



before we arrived at Los Majos ; there to wait for each 



other ten days ; and if not joined during that time, to fail 



for King George's Sound. 



Saturday 25. On the 25th, being in 32° 28' South latitude, and 

 91° 5 1' longitude, we had a moderate fteady breeze at 

 Eaft South Eaft, with very fine weather, and I began to 

 entertain hopes that we had fallen in with a trade- wind. 

 This forenoon the fliip was well fcraped fore and aft, aired 

 with fires, and afterwards wafhed with vinegar ; cyder was 

 alfo fervcd to the people at the rate of a pint a man, be- 

 fides their ufual allowance of fpirits. 



With a light Eafterly breeze we fleered North Weft by 

 Weft ; and at fix o'^clock in the afternoon a fail was feen 

 from the maft-head, or a rock which had greatly the ap- 

 pearance of one, bearing North Weft by Weft half Weft.. 

 Not being certain whether what we had feen really was a veflel, 

 I changed our courfe to Weft by North, and ftood under 

 an eafy fail ; fo that we could eafily haul our wind in cafe. 

 12 of 



