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a few of thefe heads l , as fomc of them would not be eafily lint 

 derftood by any navigator, who is not a Spaniard. 



Upon the whole, it is hoped, that this account of an eight 

 months navigation on the unfrequented coaft of America, will 

 prove a valuable addition to geography ; efpecially as our im- 

 mortal Captain Cook had fo few opportunities of examining moft 

 parts of the fame continent to the Weftward m , though his dis- 

 coveries to the Northward will prove fo interefting. 



1 It is right alfo to obferve, that (though I give the column which 

 ftates the Variation of the Needle) it is not fpecified whether the Vari- 

 ation is Weft or Eaft ; I Ihould rather indeed fuppofe it to be the latter, 

 on the authority of Dr. Haliey, though perhaps the direction may have 

 altered fince the laft century. This doubt however will be fettled when 

 Capt. Cook's laft voyage is publiflied. 



151 This is faid to have been occafioned by unfavourable winds. 



