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3ur; this South Weft half Weft by our compafs ^ ^yi^.f- ^• 

 being nearly South Weft by Weft true. On the 2 2d our 



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people continued very ill; feveral of them in fluxes. On February. 

 25th faw the iftands of Aramba bearing from North Monday"'. 

 Eaft by Eaft to Eaft by North, our diftance from the 

 North end about eight leagues. At fix Puio Domer bore 

 South Eaft. • 



OiN the 26th, a light breeze from North North Eaft, xuefday 26. 

 \vith clofe hazy weather, fteering to the South half Weft^ 

 two knots and a half per hour, foundings from thirty-three 

 to twenty-eight fathoms, over a bottom of dark muddy 

 fand and fome fmall fhells. At captain Dixon's requeft, 

 I fent my furgeon on board to give his afliftance to Mr. 

 Lowther, furgeon of the Queen Charlotte, who conti- 

 nued very ill. The Queen Charlotte"'s Peruvian bark be- 

 ing very indifferent, I fent them a fupply of ours, which 

 was much better. Captain Dixon returned with the boat, and 

 was alfo much indifpofed with the flux, which was very pre- 

 valent among us. We faw the land making in feparate fmall 

 iflands, extending from South South Weft to South Weft 

 by Weft half Weft, the Southernmoft land the ifland of Pulo 

 Panfang, and diftant about eight leagues ; Queen Charlotte 

 ■in company. Latitude obferved i" 1 1'' North; light breezes 

 from North Eaft, with exceeding hot fultry weather. On 

 the 27th the peak of Linging made its appearance through Wednef. z-. 

 the haze, bearing Weft North Weft half Weft, I fuppofe 

 twelve or fourteen leagues diftant. This peak, or rather two 

 peaks, are very remarkable, making very much like two glais- 

 houfe-chimnies, quite high and clofe together; the North 

 Eafternmoft of the two appearing rather rounder at the top 

 than the other, and of nearly an equal height : at the 



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