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^ xvt ^" ^i^o"^'g^ ^° ^^^ <^^^ colours, we hoiftcd them, the jftranger, 



•>_ — , anfwered us by fhewing her's, which v/e took to be PrufTian j 



From Sunday latitude obfcrvcd i8° oi'' North, latitude account i8° 09' 

 day'i°4. "' North, courfe South, 3° o / Weft, diftance from the Grand 

 Ladroiie fifty-four miles; longitude account 246° 04-'' Weft, 

 longitude obfervation 246° 35' 15^' V/eft, variation 0° o'. 

 On the 14th inftant fpoke with the iliip which we had 

 been within fight of all day, which proved to be a veffel 

 formerly called the Lowden, Britifh built, and about fif- 

 teen months ago fitted out in tlie river Thames, from 

 whence fhe failed under Imperial colours to King George's 

 Sound on the North Weft coaft of America, and from 

 thence to Macao in China. She is now called the Impe- 

 rial Eagle, commanded by captain Berkley, and manned 

 by Britifh fubje<£ts. She at this time failed under Portu- 

 guefe colours, and was bound for the Mauritius. Our 

 people were now all upon the recovery ; the Queen Char- 

 lotte in company. 



Friday 15. On Friday the 15th light winds from Eaft by South. 



Saturday 16. Qo the 1 6th a moderate breeze, with the wind at North. 

 Eaft; at eleven, judging myfelf pretty near the Macclesfield 

 fhoal, hove to, and founded with fixty fathoms line ; no 

 ground. At midnight founded again with fixty fathoms- 

 line; no ground. At one in the morning a vaft number 

 of porpoifes about. Between midnight and feven found- 

 ed every hour without getting ground, fometimes with a 

 hundred fathoms of line. At feven o'clock, judging my- 

 felf far enough to the Southward, I altered my courfe 

 to South Weft by South, with a view of making Pulo 

 Sapata, the wind at North Eaft, a two knot' breeze. I 



fuppofed,.' 



