the South -Sea. 2,9 1 



lieve, that this Ifland and that of Trinidad were the fame, 

 grounding their Opinion on this, that fome Ships have 

 fought for the other in its Latitude,without finding it \ But 

 I * alfo know, that Ships have feen it at their Return from 

 the Eajl-Indies, and have alfo water 1 d there in a Pool. It *SeethsPofi* 

 is therefore without Reafon, that Edmund Halley has in hisM^- 

 great Chart fupprefs'd the Ifland of the Trinity, and given 

 that Name to the Ifland of the Afcenfi&n, which he lays 

 down very well in its Latitude of 20 Degrees 2 j Minutes. 



We were glad to have met with this Ifland, becaufe we 

 hoped to find Water there, and by that Means purfue our 

 Voyage without lofing Time, by putting in any where. 



We therefore came to an Anchor at Weft, five Degrees Anchoring, 

 North, or W. and by N. according to the Globe, from that 

 Peek, about four Cables Length from the Shore, in 3 o Fa- 

 thom Water, the Bottom Sand and Owze. The Boat was 

 immediately fent to find flioaler Water, and found it in 

 &5 Fathom, large black Sand, N. N. W. of a fmall Cleft 

 Ifland, more to the Northward than we. 



The next Day the Boat was fent to look out for Water, 

 and found a curious Fall, which would have fupply'd a 

 whole Squadron 5 but the Shore is fo fet with great Stones, 

 and the Sea was fo rough, th^t there was no going a Shore 

 without Danger. Thus, during the whole Morning, we 

 could get but two Casks of Water, which flunk in 3 or 4 

 Days, for which Reafon, doubt may be made, whether it 

 comes from a Spring. Thus our fine Projedt mifcarry'd, 

 and we were obliged to refolve [to put into Bahia de todos 

 os fantos, where the appointed Rendezvous was. 



Monday the pth of April we made ready, and perceiv'd 

 that there was near the Ifland a Current fetting to the N. 

 W. and N. N. W. for the Calms kept us there fome Days. 



At length, the 20th of the fame Month, in 12 Degrees coa(l of Br&- 

 50 Minutes Latitude, we had Sight of the Coaft of Brafd^L 

 which we found more remote from the Ifland of the Afcen- 

 fion than is laid down in the Charts of Peter Goos^ Robin, 

 Vankeulen^ and Loots > almoft the one half in fome of them, 



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