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inclme towards the E. rather th^n towards the W. the 

 Jatter being the quarter from whence the wind pro- 

 ceeded. 



On the 30th of March, being in the latitude of 34^ 

 27' S. and, according to my account 32^ 47' E. of ths 

 meridian of Conception, we came into a current, which 

 feemed to fet S. E. the latitude by obfervation exceed- 

 ed that by account by 10 or 11 aijnutes. But from the? 

 .2ift of April, being in the latitude of 25 9^, and 

 36? 15'E/of Conception, the two latitudes agreed, 

 and thus continued till we reached ihp illand of Fer-. 

 nando de Norona. 



The variation, of which we fliall foon giv^e a ca- 

 talogue, gave us to underftand from the time we 

 v/ere under the meridian ot Cape Horn, that the 

 currents carried our lliips towards the E foundi^ig 

 our judgment on the difference between thofe ob- 

 ferved, and thofe given us in the journals of otb.cr 

 voyages, conformable to the places where we made 

 our obfervations. And as they vnzy be ferviceai)k! 

 %o others in making the fame voyage, in order to ren- 

 der them Ifill more ufeful than if I had adapted therii 

 to the longitude from my account, as that was not 

 the real place where the obfervations were made, I have 

 corrected the longitude iri the manner I am going tc> 

 explain. 



It being certain from what has been faid conccnv 

 ing the currents, that their effeds became fennble froni^ 

 45^ foutn iatuude in a S. E, diredion to the latitude 

 pf 56 or 57 degrees ; that from thence they continued 

 to run direclly E till we were in the latitude of 34'-? 

 27^, and 32 47' E. of the meridian of Conception: 

 \vhere their coyrfe turned to the S. E. and continued 

 to run in that dire(fdon till v;e came into the latitude 

 of 25° 9^ and 36^ 15^ E. of Conception, where the\r 

 ceafed. It will therefore be neceixary to divide,, in all 

 journals the 12^ 36^ 30'', v/nich the ilup was to the 

 ■fadward of my reckoning, in a proportion agreeabiy 



