the South- Sea. p 



Weft, and then a South to E. S. E. a frefli Gale, which is 



rare in thofe Parts, we got into 51 Degrees Latitude, and., 



84, or 82 of Longitude, according to our Computation; 



fo that we could make Ufe of the S. W. and S. S. W. 



Winds, which are there mod frequent. Three fair Days 



gave us Leifure to breathe after fo much Trouble. The lad 



of them, being the 2 d of June, we faw, at our Larboard 



Watch, at Two of the Clock in the Morning, a Light run a Meteor,?. 



from our Mizzen-Pendant to the Main-Stay, where it va- 



iiiih'd in a Moment. 



The next Day, the Wind, which had fliifted -about from 

 S* E. to N. E. by the South and Weft, after having blown 

 violently at E. N. E. quite flatted there to a Calm, the Sea 

 running very high, and then for three Days more took a 

 different Turn, from North to South by the Eaft, fome- . 

 times a frefli Gale, and fometimes a gentle Blaft, andceas'd 

 at S. and by W. in about 45 Degrees Latitude, in a Calm, 

 the Sea very rough. In fine, after having for two Days 

 bore up againft a ftrong Surge of the Sea coming from the 

 North, by the Hdp of the Eaft and South Winds, we came 

 into 40 Degrees, 40 Minutes Latitude, where we were 

 much furpriz'd to fee Land 50 Leagues fooner than Land anex- 

 expefted, according to the Manufcript Chart of S. Malo,pcttedly difc 

 which we had found better than the Dutch, as far z$ c °wrd, 

 Streight le Main. In fliort, having found th^t Pietcr Goos 

 thruft back the Coaft of the Patagons 60 Leagues too far 

 Weftward, in rclpeft to Brafil, we had laid ill afide ; yet, 

 according to his Longitude, we here came up6n the Land 

 very exadtly with our Ship. 



The Manufcript Charts I have here fpokert of, have been R ma rhim . 

 corrected on the Side of Cape Blanc, and of freight tie Compute 

 le Maire, by the Journals of the S. Malo Ships, that have^* 

 faifd into the South-Sea ; all which agree well enough 

 about the Longitude of them both. I know not whether 

 this general Agreement may form a certain Opinion, for 

 there are vifible Currents all along the Coaft. From 3 2 to 

 3 5 Degrees Latitude, we advancxl a little lefs than our 



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