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arrived at Bencoolen July 29, where we were de- 
tained till the 13th of September. We found the 
winds drong fet againd us in the China feas, which 
obliged us to bear away for this place. 
I (hall now give you an account of the obferva- 
tions I have made, fince I have been out, and the 
fuccefs attending them. 
We failed from Spithead March the 8th, 1763 ; 
the 19th I had four obfervations of the didance of 
the Moon from the Sun ; by taking the medium the 
longitude agreed exactly with that by account. The 
2 ift I had another obfervation,. and, the fame day, 
faw the iiland of Madeira, the body of which, ac- 
cording to this and the former obfervations (they 
agreeing exactly) I made to lie 17 0 i8 / wed: of Lon- 
don, which differs only 18 minutes from what it is 
laid down in the chart. The fuccefs I met with in 
this fird attempt gave me great fatisfa&ion, and made 
me continue my obfervations regularly to the idand 
of St. Paul’s, which we made July 5. The day be- 
fore I had three obfervations of the didance of the 
Moon from the Sun. July the 5th, the body of the 
iiland bearing by the azimuth compafs S. 27° W. 
didance fix leagues, the fky remarkably clear and fine, 
and the dfip having hardly any motion, circumdances 
all in my favour, I took nine obfervations of the didance 
of the Moon from the Sun, the captain and chief 
mate affiding me in taking the altitudes. I divided 
them into three fetts, and worked from the medium of 
every three ; by which I made the longitude of the 
fffip as follows, 75° 1 5^, 75 0 25', 74 0 40'. The 
three obfervations, I took the day before, made the 
longitude of the fhip 74 0 38' and 73° 32' which 
brought 
