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and Eaft by North fix leagues, the South point of Formofa ^ ^^^^^ ^' 



Weft half South, diftant about eight leag-ues. At fix a ^^ » 



frefh gale at North North Eaft, with dark cloudy wea- November, 

 ther. We then clofe-reefed the topfails, wore fhip, and 

 ftood to the Eaftward. At half paft four faw a large 

 light on the ifles of Botel Tobago Xima, bearing Eaft South 

 Eaft : wore fliip, and ftood to- the North Weft, the wind 

 at North Eaft. At midnight a frefti gale, with cloudy wea- 

 ther. At four in the morning wore fhip, and ftood to the 

 Eaft by North ; and at half paft five day-light, when we bore 

 away to the South South Weft, and made fail, fet fteering- 

 fails. In the courfe of the night we had a current, which fet 

 us about fix leagues to the Northward along the coaft of For- 

 mofa; tJie South point of which iftand bore South Weft half 

 South, diftant about five leagues, and the Northernmoft part 

 of the faid iftand in fight North by Weft, -diftant about twelve 

 kagues. Up main-topgallant yard, and fet the fail : we were 

 fteering along ftiore South South Weft towards the South 

 point, at the rate of fix and a half and feven knots per 

 hour, our diftance from the fhore abreaft about two leagues, 

 and in running down faw a- good appearance of an har- 

 bour about four or five leagues to the Northward of the 

 South point, which feemed to run in in about a South Weft 

 direction, and between that and the South point feveral 

 finall hammock rocks, lying at a little diftance from the 

 fhore. The coaft that we run down along might be ap- 

 proached within three or four miles without any danger. 

 At half paft ten pafled around the South point within about 

 a mile of the fl:!ore. From off this point there is a reef 

 runs off about half a mile. In about a South South Eaft 

 diredlion we faw nothing of the Ville Rete rocks, it being 

 very thick in their diredlion, and after pafilng the South 

 1 1 pointj 



