the South' Sea. 30* 



Weft, he flood away to the North. We chas'd him for 

 fome Hours, till confidering we loft fo much Way, we 

 flood our own Courfe without having been able to come 

 up with him. 



Tuefday the i oth, we fpyM another, towards the Eve- 

 ning, and the next Morning about Break of Day he was 

 within Cannon-fhot of us. We again made ready, and 

 lay by for him, but he flood away S. W. and left us. 



That fame Evening we had light of the Peeke of onep ee k of th 

 of the Iflands of Azores, to which that Mountain has given Azores, 

 its Name. It is like a Sugar-loaf, and fo high, that it 

 can be feen at 30 Leagues Diftance, like that of Teneriff. 



We were then about 25 Leagues from it, S. and by E. 

 according to the Globe, and law it diftin&ly. 



This Sight of Land was very pleafing to us j for the 

 Tokens of Currents which we had obferv'd, made us very 

 uncertain as to our Reck'nings ; and it was a double Sa- 

 tisfaction to find them anfwer within a very fmall Matter. 

 I do not pretend to talk of any but thofe of the Officers, 

 who having not made flight of what I had obferv'd to 

 them concerning the Polition of Olinda^ had taken their 

 Departure 6 Degrees more to the Weftward thap the Lon- 

 gitude of the Bay on the Dutch Charts. The Currents we 

 had obferv'd for fome Days, could not obftrudt the Exaft- 

 nefs, becaufe they fometimes did fet to the North, and 

 fometimes to the South and within Sight of Land, we 

 obferv'd that they were N. W. and S. E. 



For this Reafon, and perhaps partly through the Error /p n( i 0 f 

 of the Charts, we, within three Days after feeing the 5. Michael 

 Peek, difcover'd the Ifland of S. Michael, 20 Leagues 

 fooner than we expefted. In fliort, I am of Opinion, that 

 Peter Goos places thofe two Iflands too near together, and 

 the Flambeau de la Mer at too great a Diftance from each 

 other. 



We alfo obferv'd the fame Error, as we drew near the 

 Ifland Tercera, where vyc thought fit to put in, for fear 

 left the Calms continuing, we might want Provisions. 



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