40 LANDING AT SANTA CRUZ. 
Santa Cruz and the dip of the needle. Berthoud’s 
chronometer gave 18° 33’ 10", the accuracy of which 
result, although differing from the longitude assign- 
ed by Cook and others, was afterwards confirmed 
by Krusenstern, who found that port 16° 12’ 45” 
west of Greenwich, and consequently 18° 33’ 0" 
west of Paris. The dip of the magnetic needle 
was 62° 24’, although it varied considerably in dif- 
ferent places along the shore. After undergoing 
the fatigue of answering the numberless questions 
proposed by persons who visited them on board, 
our travellers were at length permitted to land. 
