24 Mr, douglass’s Obfervatiom of 
reckoned from the meridian of London ; if otherwife, it 
is taken notice of in the margin. When there are more 
obfervations than one, that fet down is the mean. When 
in light of land, I have fet down its bearings and diftance 
in the margin, E. Hands for Eaft, and W. for Weft va- 
riation. 
We obferved with 3 compaffes outward-bound to 
the Eaft Indies. The mafter of the fhip managed one; 
the pilot his own ; and 1 had the other, which I kept the 
whole voyage. We had but 2 homeward-bound; 
they feldom differed j a degree, and not often that: 
they were taken with all the exadfnefs poflible. I have 
fet down the latitude and longitude of moft of the places 
I went from, and the latitude and longitude I made the 
place ly in (that I was bound to) by my reckoning. 
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