Ch, II. SOUTH AMERICA. 317 



Long, from the Variations. Times of makinjp 

 Days. Lat.Soutli Mer.ofConcep. _ theObfervation. 





Deg.Min. 



Deg.Min. 



Deg.Min. 



Morning* 



8 



-29 



4- 



37 



48 



4 



0 



16 



27 



i6 



46 



0 



*2 







18 



26 



48 



48 



18 



*2 







«9 



26 



49 



49 



I 





40 W, 





20 



26 



7 



48 



^7 





30 





Ditto 



25 



44 



48 



-46 



0 



«s 





22 



25 



01 



48 



47 



I 



30 





22 



24 



?5 



48 



47 



1 



18 





24 



43 



48 



44 



0 



45E. 





26 



24 



00 



48 



48 





08 







23 



04 



48 



»4 



0 



00 





29 



21 



30 



47 



10 



0 



I5E. 





1 May 20 



24 



46 





0 







2 



20 



IS 



47 







05 





3 



20 



00 



47 



^5 



1 



50W. 



Morning, 



3 



19 



5i 



46 



45 





20£. 





4 



19 



34 



4S 



43 



*3 



00 



Morniii^* 



5 



19 



23 



45 



06 





20W. 



7 



18 



21 



45 



02 



1 



30E. 





9 



15 



49 



45 



1 1 



2 



00 



Evenings 



10 



«3 



16 



45 



20 



0 



so 



12 



9 



34 



45 



57 





OS 





J7 



4 



10 



45 



29 



0 



22W. 



Morning* 



19 



4 



«7 



43 



55 



I 



4!E. 





^9 



4 



18 



43 



40 



3 



25 



Evcniag, 



22 



3 



S3 



42 



32 



2 



47 





3 ' 



3 



S3 



42 



32 



I 



33 





The two laft obiervations were taken iu the har- 

 bour of Fernando de Norona; and thofe marked 

 with an * were not determined with the defired accu- 

 racy, fome accident intervening at the time of the ob- 

 fervation. 



It will be proper, for mariners unacquainted with 

 the precautions cuftomary in a voyage little frequented 

 to obferve, that in this part of the pafTage they may 

 expert to meet with very tempeftuous feas, continual 

 Iqualis of wind and fogs fo that it is abfolutely necef- 

 fary in the night and in hazy days to keep a very care- 

 ful look out againft the ice, large iflands of which, 

 breaking from the fhore, are driven by the wind be- 

 yond the latitude of 64^, and Ihips too often meet 



with 



