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blow from the N. W. to the N. as far as 15 degrees W\ and 

 which only permit a courfe to the W. N. W. E. or E. S. E. 

 w r hilft often fuch trade wind extends ftill further to the W. 

 Notwithftanding this circumftance the fhip fhould never lie to, 

 much lefs fleer Eaftward, as thus the voyage would be much re- 

 tarded. 



From thefe 1 5 degrees of Wefting, to 30 in the fame direc- 

 tion, the wind is generally from N. E. to N. which will permit 

 a N. W. courfe. It may perhaps be advifable even to get a 

 Wefting as far as 35 degrees, if the object of the voyage is to 

 reach 55. 60. or even 65 b of Northern Latitude, becaufe the 

 greater the Wefting, the greater is the certainty of S. & S. W. 

 winds, which will be fo favourable to fuch a deftination. 



If when this Wefting hath been gained, the winds fhould prove 

 variable, I mould ftill advife a N. E. courfe c . Under the fup- 

 pofition that the difcoverer wants to fall in with the coaft of 

 America, in 55 N. Lat. he mould keep between 3$ & $J W. 

 Long, till he reaches that Latitude. If, on the contrary, he 

 wants to explore the fame coaft in N. Lat. 60. I fhould then 

 advife a N. W. courfe to be purfued till he hath gained a Weft- 

 ing of 39 degrees. If the navigator wifhes to make difcoveries 

 even fo high as 65 N. Lat. I conceive that he fhould then have 

 a wefting of 45 degrees, when he hath gained this parallel. 



With thefe precautions I imagine that the perfevering navigator 

 would accomplifh the height of his willies. 



3 i. e. probably from S. Bias. 



b It appears by the Journal, that they were inftructed to proceed 

 thus far IN. if poffible, which idea was probably taken from Ellis's Pre- 

 face to the N.W. Paffage, many extracts from which are made by 

 Venegas, in his Hiftory of California, and particularly what relates to this 

 fuppofed Latitude of 65. 



c en el primer quadrante, as I conceive the Spaniards make the N. E. 

 the firft quarter ; the S. E. the fecond ; the S. W. the third ; and the 

 N.W. the fourth. 



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