WHITE'S JOURNAL OF A 
longer to be perceived ; which was the cafe after being four; 
or five days at fea. 
9th, P. M. the Sirius made the fignal for all officers to 
repair on board their refpedive fhips ; an officer was likewife 
f^nt to the governor, to inform him that we intended to put 
to fea in the morning, and, at the fame time, to thank him 
for the civilities and politenefs he had fhown us. His excel- 
lency returned, in anfwer to this mefifage, that his beft and 
moft fincere good wifhes ffiould attend us ; and that he 
fhould ever feel a very particular intereft in our fuccefs; which 
he hoped would anfwer the intention of government, and 
the expectations of thofe who had fo cheerfully entered as 
volunteers on fo novel and very uncertain a fervice. 
loth. This morning the fleet got under way with a light 
breeze, which carried us out of Santa Cruz, but left us two 
days becalmed between Teneriffe and the Grand Canary. After 
this a fine breeze fprung up from the north-eafi: ; and no oc- 
currence worthy of notice happened for fome days. We crofTed 
the tropical line in 18°. 20'. weft longitude, and was nearly 
prefled on board the Lady Penrhynn tranfport, whofe people 
did not attend to her fteerage, being deeply engaged in fluicing 
and ducking all thofe on board who had never crofted it, 
17th. 
