WHlT£»s jrOtntNAL OF A 
eafy rate until morning j when the wmd was little and 
variable. 
3d. This evenings finding it imj^oflible to g^t hold of 
anchorage^ the commodore difpat<:hed Lieut^nan't King ii* 
the Supply, which failed well in light winds, to the vi^^oj^^ 
with information th^t he was, with his convoy^ arrived near 
the mouth of the harbour; He then made the fignal for the 
fliips to bring to, with their heads to the fouthwar(i, abOiSf 
fix miles from the fhore, Rio de Janeiro Sugar Loaf bea^i^lg 
weft half northi diftant about fix leagues* In the courfe o^ 
the day we faw many whales playing about. 
4th, This morning, ftanding iti for the harbour, th€. 
wind headed us y whiel^ obliged us to tack,, and ftand out 
to fea a little^ in order to prevent our falling to leeward of 
the port, which it would, have been no eafy matter to^ have 
regained. 
5 th. Still calm; This morning a boat cftmfe dbhgfide, ift 
which were three Portugueze and fix fiaves 5 from whom wa 
purchafed fome oranges, plantains,^ aiid bread. In tfafEcking 
ivith thefe people^ we difcovered, that one Thomas Barret^ 
a convid:,. had, with great ingenuity and addrefs, pafCed 
fome quarter dollars which he, afiifted by two others-, had 
coined. 
