A VOYAGE TO 



Book IX. 



meafures ; and that nothing may be wanting for their 

 information in the particulars of this lall voyage, I 

 fhall poftpone the account of our misfortune at Louif- 

 bourg, to infert here 



A TABLE of variations of the needle as obferved in 

 our paflage, from Fernando de Norona, to Cape 

 Breton, according to the latitudes, and longitudes 

 from the ifland of Conception, in which the obferva- 

 tions were made. 



Days of the Lat. 



Lon 



,9:. 



Variations 



Time of making 



Month. D. M. 



D. M. 



D. M. 



Obfervation. 



June 1 1 



I 24 S 



42 



35 



2 39E 



Evening. 



12 



0 16 N 



42 



50 



2 43 E 



Ditto. 



17 



7 H 



43 



32 



0 38 W 



Ditto. 



>9 



8 17 



43 



21 



1 40 



Morning, 



27 



18 16 



35 



46 



1 J5 



Ditto. 



July 3 



27 i I 



32 



34 



0 10 



Ditto. 



3 



27 58 



32 



24 



I 20 



Evening. 



4 



28 47 



32 



17 



I 20 



Morning. 



6 



32 44 



3» 



S8 



6 50 



Evening. 



7 



33 »6 



31 



44 



6 55 



Morning, 



9 



35 47 



3t 



46 



7 0 



Evening. 



12 



40 10 



32 



58 



8 5 



Morning. 



J3 



40 22 



34 



17 



10 5S 



Evening. 



17 



4» 35 



36 



16 



110 



Morning. 



20 



43 24 



3^ 



41 



1 1 0 



Evening, 



25 



45 7 



34 



29 



15 50 



Ditto. 



29 



46 7 



28 



10 



H 30 



Ditto. 



30 



45 59 



28 



16 



13 10 



Morning. 



Aug. 5 



45 12 



23 



4* 



20 15 



Evening. 





45 22 



20 



12 



13 20. 



Morning, 



8 



45 27 



^9 



45 



13 0 



Evening. 



9 



45 22 



18 



39 



15 15 



Morning. 



On the 24th of July, in the latitude of 44 deg, 

 52 min. by obfervation, which was 25 min. lefs than 

 that by account, and according to my eftimate 

 36 deg. 6 min. eaft of Conception ; no obfervation 

 had been taken fmce the 20th. But we found that 

 the currents had in each days failing carried the fliip 



6 min. 



