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we could not effect this on account of the currents to the S. 

 which carried us to Leeward Y . 



From the 31ft of March till the 4th of April we had either 

 calms or light breezes, on which account we could not fail fur- 

 ther from this ifland than we loft by the currents. For this 

 reafon alfo we tried by towing the fchooner, and ufing of our 

 oars, whether we might not make fome part of the ifland, where 

 we might procure water ; but in this we could not fucceed on ac- 

 count of the violent currents. 



This ifland, which, as was faid before, is not named Socorro 

 in any maps, is undoubtedly that which was difcovered by Her- 

 nando Triabba, who commanded a fhip difpatched from Guan- 

 tepeque, by Hernan Cortes, to explore the coaft of California. 



This veflel failed 300 leagues z and fell in with an 



ifland named St. Thomas, which is fo called in the French maps, 

 though erroneoufly placed, becaufe its real latitude is 1 8° 53' N. 

 Lat. and W. Long, from S. Bias 5 0 18'. 



On the 4th of April we loft fight of Socorro to the E. N. E. 

 and profecuted our voyage to windward as much as pcffible, 

 without any other accident but the frigate's bowfprit being da- 

 maged, which we foon repaired. 



At this time we found that the fky was not fo clear as before, 

 we approached Socorro, that the fun did not appear fo frequently, 

 that the mifts were not fo thick, that the wind was much more 

 cold, and in fhort we experienced a very different tempera- 

 ture. 



Till the 14th, when the full moon happened, the breezes 

 were flight, and the currents always to the South, after this 



y Sotovento. 



2 There is a chafm in the MS with regard to the direction in which 

 Che failed, 



however 



