Thuj-fday 15. 



318 A VOYAGE TO THE 



^ ^^y ^' A FRESH breeze from the North Eaft, with hazy weather 



' ' and a heavy fca from the North E aft, with which we are 



November, fteering about Weft South Weft, down towards the South 

 point of the fmall Botel Tobago Xima. About two in the 

 afternoon we pafled the reef, which runs oft" its South Eaft 

 point at the diftance of about half a mile, and then hauled 

 to the Weft by North, with a fix knot gale at North Eaft. 

 Thofe iftands I found to lie in the latitude of 21° 52' 

 North, and longitude of 238" 35' Weft, lying nearly 

 North and South of each other, v/ith an apparently good 

 pafiage of about two or three miles broad between 

 them. On the South Weft part of the large ifland 

 the land appeared to bend in and form a good bay, well 

 flieltered from the North Eaft winds. We obferved a 

 little wood, but it appeared to be low and fmall. The 

 Weftern iide of the large ifland appeared very green and 

 pleafant, and in many places Avas laid out in cultivated 

 plots, and in feveral places along the fhore were towns 

 of confiderable extent. We did not attempt to haul in 

 for anchorage, but continued to fteer over Weft by North 

 to make the ifland of Formofa, and at half paft three I faw 

 it, the South point bearing Weft by North, diftant about 

 ten or eleven leagues. At four a fine gale at North Eaft, 

 with which we fteered Weft by North fix knots per hour; 

 the large Botcl Tobago Xima bearing North by Weft half 

 Weft, and Eaft by North, diftant from the neareft part 

 of it about four leagues, and the fmall Botel Tobago Xima 

 bearing Eaft 74° North, diftant about five leagues. At 

 five hauled to the North Weft by Weft, the wind at North 

 North Eaft, the extremes of Botel Tobago Xima bearing 

 Korth Eaft by Eaft half Eaft, diftant about five leagues, 



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