WHITE'S JOURNAL OF A 
5th. In the morning almoft calm, with a heavy fwell ; 
in the evening a fmall breeze fprung up at the N. E. which 
next day lliifted to the weftvvard. 
1 6th. In lat. 41'' 7' fouth, long. 74^ 54' eaft, clear wea- 
ther, with a fmall breeze at N. N. W. we faw fome large 
whales, feveral birds, moftly of the peteral kind, a feal, and 
fome rock weed. 
17th. Dark, cold, and gloomy. Had fome gulls and 
whales round the fhip. 
20th. Wind variable, inclining to the fouth. I vifited 
the Prince of Wales, where I found fome of the female con- 
victs with evident fymptoms of the fcurvy, brought on by 
the damp and cold weather we had lately experienced. The 
two fucceeding days the wind to the weflward, though at 
times variable, with dark, wet, gloomy weather; in lat. 
41° 18' fouth, long. 90° 7' eaft. We faw and pafTed fome 
"fea weed. On thofe days the fcurvy began to fhow itfelf in 
the Charlotte, moftly among thofe who had the dyfentery 
to a violent degree ; but I was pretty well able to keep it 
under, by a liberal ufe of the effence of malt, and fome 
good wine, which ought not to be claffed among the 
moft 
