9 2 Longitude taken from C. Salvador. 
An.i 6 ^^. \ could ftretch off to Sea ; fo that I joggM 
on couragioufly. The 27th of April we 
faw a fmall Brigantine under the Shore 
plying to the Southward. We alfo faw 
many Men of War-birds and Boobies, and 
abundance of Jlbicore-ViVn. Having ftill 
fair Weather, fmall Gales, and fome 
Calms, I had the opportunity of trying 
the Current, which I found to fet fome- 
times Northerly and fometimes Southerly : 
and therefore knew I was ftill within the ' 
Verge of the Tides. Being now in the , 
Lat. of the Ahrohlo Shoals, which I expefledf 
to meet with, I foynded, and had Water 
leffening from 40 to and foto 25 Fa- 
thom: but then it rofe again to ^5, 35, 
all Coral Rocks. Whilftwewere 
on this Shoal (which we crofst towards 
the further part of it from Land, wfhere it 
lay deep, and fo was not dangerous) we 
caught a great many Fifh with Hook and 
Line ; and by evening Amplitude we had 
6 deg. 58 min. Eaft Variation. This was 
the 27th of April ; we were then in Lat. 
18 deg. min. S. and Eaft Longitude 
from Cape Sahudore^ ^ 1 min. On the 
29th, being then iixLat. 18 deg. 39 niin. S. 
we had fmall Gales from the W. N. W. 
tothe'W. S. W. often fhifcing. The 50th 
we had the Winds from W. to S. S. E. 
Squals and Rain : and we law fome Dol- 
phins and other FiOi about us. We were 
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