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fuppofed, from our not flriking foundings on the Macclef- *- ^j.^^ ^• 

 field, that it does not extend fo far to the Weftv/ard as ' 



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laid down in the charts, and that we paffed juft to the Februarv. 

 Weflward of the bank. I fuppofed this, from our being '^'"' ^^ '^' 

 pretty certain of our longitude j having at 2'^ 30" paft mid- 

 day got fome very good obfervations of the fun and moon, 

 the fun Weft of the moon, v/hich gave the longitude at 

 that time 245° 54-'' Weft of Greenwich. Saw many birds 

 of the booby kind. At eight in the morning hailed the 

 Queen Charlotte. Captain Dixon informed me that his 

 velTel made fome water when iGbe lay along, three inches per 

 nour; his furgeon and cooper's mate very ill; our people, 

 all on the recovery. On the 17th I took my furgeon on Sunday j;. 

 board to give his advice or affiftance, and took with me 

 about ten or twelve gallons of Port wine for the u/e of the 

 Queen Charlotte's ftck ; faw a ftw birds of the tern kind, a 

 number of flying-fifti, and fome dolphins. About the 1 8th Monday is. 

 I found, by comparing our compafies with the Queen 

 Charlotte's azimuth compafs, half a point difference, ours 

 fhewing half a point more to the Southward than her's did. 

 I believe the azimuth compafs to be the moft exaft, and 

 allowed accordingly. At half paft three in the afternoon 

 I returned on board, hoifted the whale-boat in, and made 

 fail. Our furgeon was of opinion, that the people on 

 board the Queen Charlotte were in a fairway of recovery, and 

 that there was no neceflity of removing them into this fhip, 

 as I intended, for the purpofe of having the furgeon's affift- 

 ance. Captain Dixon informed me that the Queen Char- 

 lotte made about three inches of water an hour. She 

 foon after leaving the Ladrone made one and two inches, 

 and as her leak increafed, I thought it right to ftay by her 



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