353 A VOYAGE TO Book IX, 



On" the 2 5ch, in the latitude of 46 degrees, they 

 met with a ftorm at W. which obliged them to lie to 

 under a reefed mainfail. After its greateft violence 

 was fpent, till the fourth of April, when they found 

 themieli^es in 58^ latitude and i eaO: longitude frora 

 Valpa^ aifo, the hrft meridian for the courfe of the voy- 

 age, the wind fliifted from S. to S. W. W. and N. va- 

 rying alfo in its force and the fliip carrying fail ac- 

 cordingly. 



On the tenth, in the latitude of ^5 and 18^ e aft of 

 Valparaifo, they were furprized with a hard gale of 

 wind at S. and S. E. which obliged thern to run 

 under their courfes. The force of the wind indeed 

 was not fo great as in the two gales beforementioned ^ 

 but was much more troublefome, being attended with 

 very thick fnov/, and the cold intenfe. The wind a- 

 bating fliifred to the S. W. W. and N. W. whilft the 

 fnip paiTini]^ eaft of Staten land, on the 26th was in the 

 lat. of 34^ and long. 32 and 30^ Here they fell in 

 with winds at E. and S. E. which indeed are the. brifas 

 or o;eneral winds. 



The flow progrefs of the voyage, and the heavi- 

 ncfs of the frigate, which even in the moft favourable 

 weather, never went above feven miles an hour, gave 

 room to apprehend, that it would be impolTible to 

 reach -the coaft of Spain, without putting in to fome 

 harbour for a frefh fupply of provifions \ the captain 

 therefore reprefented to the, fupercargo, that no place 

 could be more proper for fuch a purpofe than Monte- 

 Video, being a Spanifa port-, and that if they palled 

 it, they flirnild be obliged to maKe ufe of one belong- 

 ing to fome foreign power. But he, conformably 

 to the precile order of the regidcrr againli putting into 

 any harbour, unlefs on the c-;a(l of Spain, could not 

 be prevailed upon to comply wit-i the captain's pro- 

 pofa! : and accordingly the courfe was purlued with- 

 out alteration. 



The 



4 



