22S A VOYAGE TO Book VIII. 



lat. and a degree W. of the meridian de Afuera 

 de Juan Fernandes, we obferved the \^inds to ftiift 

 from S. to S. W. accordingly we altered our courfe, 

 fleered E, and E. S. E. till the 31 ft day, when we found 

 ourfelves in the latitude of 36^ 23^ and about fifteen or 

 twenty leagues N. W. of the bay of Conception. But 

 the weather, which had been the fame alfo the day pre- 

 ceding, was fo hazy, that we could not fee the other 

 frigate. Sometimes indeed we difcerned the colours, 

 but without having any fight either of the hull or 

 I maft. f This was however fufficient to alTure us that 

 they were within half a cannon fhot of each others 

 This, and our being fomcthing to leeward of the bay, 

 obliged us to ftand to fome diftance off to fea ; and 

 thus we kept along the coaft without venturing to ap^ 

 proach it till the fifth, when at half an hour after nine 

 in the morning, the weather cleared up, and gave us' 

 fight of Cape Carnero, bearing S. S. E. ten or twelve 

 leagues j and the middle part of Santa Maria, N. E, 

 one quarter northerly. We crowded fail towards the 

 latter, and at eleven the frigates lay to. Cape Rumens 

 bearing S. one quarter eafterly diftance four leagues^ 

 and Cape Lavapies E. one quarter N. E. diftance 

 two leagues. The S . point of the illand of Santa Ma- 

 ria, bore N. E. four leagues diftant, the N. point of 

 the fame ifland N. N. E. and a large rock without, N. 

 one quarter eafterly. Here we fent our long boat with 

 orders to go betwixt the iflands and the continent, and 

 take a furvey of it, and then join us in Conception bay. 

 Accordingly the frigates got under fail at twelve at 

 noon, with a frefn gale at S. S. E. and foon after cam® 

 to an anchor in the faid bay. 



Don George Juan, from his reckoning concluded that 

 the ifland of Santa Maria, which lies in 37^ 3^ S. lati- 

 tude, was 7* 10' E. of the ifland de Afuera de Juan 

 Fernandes. Whereas 1 differed 14! from him, making 

 it only 6'^ 56'. To 



f This I fuppofe is a miftake, and ought to "be read thus ; feme,- 

 times wchvf the loomiag of the fails, but could not perceive the 

 hull. A. 



