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fair with, pleasant easterly winds, and heavy dews at 

 night. The thermometer generally at 82^. The town, as 

 near as we could ascertain (for we had no opportmiity of 

 determining it exactly), is in lat. 2" 8' S., and long, by 

 chron. 41° 13' E., variation 14« ^Y. 



13th, Wednesday. No land in sight ^ during the day, 

 and light easterly winds and calms prevailed with clear 

 weather. Lat. at noon 2^ 48' S. 



14th, Thursday. The course N.E. by E. Saw land 

 bearing W.N.AV., on which several large fires were burn- 

 ing, and at sunset were abreast of some small rocky islands, 

 which seemed a continuation of the chain to the north- 

 ward of Patta. Wind favourable. Lat. 2° 48' S. 



15th, Friday. In lat. 2" 41' S., variation per azimuth 

 13° 29' W. Fine weather, with light favourable winds. 



16th, Saturday. In course of the afternoon yesterday 

 we passed a reef of rocks, part of which rose considerably 

 above the surface of the water, and had a very remark- 

 able appearance. The reef runs from the N.E. point of 

 Formosa Bay (Note 12), stretching several miles off' shore in 

 a south-easterly direction ; the situation I supposed to be 

 in South lat. 2" 45', for having to-day at noon observed in 2" 

 58', it was then 15 or 16 miles astern of us. At noon the 

 S.W. point of Formosa Bay bearing S.W. by W., observed 

 two boats under the land ; stood in with a view to speak 

 them, and fired two guns which they took no notice of, 

 but crowding all sail, made round the point into the 

 Bay. Crossing the mouth of Formosa Bay at 5 p.m., saw 

 another reef with breakers on it. We were at this time 



' During this run they passed the mouths of the Ozi Dana, Zana, or 

 Pokomoni, and of the Adi, Sabaki, or Sabbak, rivers. 

 2 Meliude Pillar is in S. lat. V 12' 8" (Kapcr). 



