4A% A VOYAGE TO Rook IX. 



morning; and on its decline fnow and fiiowers. On 

 the 14th it began to blow frefli in the morning ; and 

 at noon canne on a ftorm m lefs violent than the for- 

 mer, at N. E. and E. N. E. It continued in this 

 point till the 15th, when in the morning it fhifted to 

 the north, though blowing ftill with the fame force 

 but at four in the evening it began to abate. This 

 was fucceeded by thick fnow : and on the 17th, and 

 the days following, came on thofe frofts which obliged 

 the fquadron to haften its departure from that iQand. 



Whilst we were on our voyage, namely on the 

 22d of the fame month of November, we had hard 

 gales at eaft, which on the 23d increafed to a di- 

 rect ilorm, that lafted with all its violence till the 

 26th, when the wind came about to S. W. and 

 the fog which had covered the whole atmofphere 

 cleared up. On the 27th of the fame month, it 

 began to blow hard at S. W. and thus continued at 

 the fame point and at S. and W. without abating 

 in violence till the 4th of December; when fhifting 

 to the N. W. we had fine weather. Afterwards the 

 wind was at N. W. and N. and from thence veered 

 to the N. E. and E. where it continued with fome 

 violence till the 21 fl: of December-, on the evening 

 ot which it came about to the S. and S. S. W. that 

 the fleet was obhged to v/ork vip the channel. In 

 48 dcg. 45 min. lat. the lead was hove, and found 

 78 fathom water, with a bottom of fine white fand, 

 which is the particular mark gf the entrance of the 

 channel. 



Dartmouth harbour is a kind of road or opea 

 bay, at the end of which ftands the town of that 

 name. The country is delightfully interfperfed with 

 feats and farm-houfes ; which, with the various culti- 

 vation of the hills and plains, the verdure of the paf- 

 tures, and the hedges feparating the fields, make a 

 mofb agreeable appearance ; and fhew the goodnefs 

 of the foil, and the induftry of the inhabitants. We 



ftayed 



