82 FROM EGYPT 
CHAP. Friday, June the 26th. At ten this morning- 
a strange sail appeared, bearing s. e. and by 
south ; the Romulus then steering east, and half 
south. At eleven, bore up, and made sail 
towards her. Ship's latitude at noon 31°. 48'. 
At half-past one fired a gun, and brought-to the 
stransife vessel. At two o'clock boarded her. 
She proved to be a Turkish brig from Gaza, 
bound to Damiata, with ammunition, &c. for 
the Turkish army. At half past two dismissed 
her, and bore up again, 
Saturday, June the 27 th. At five this morning 
discerned the haze over the coast of Syria, 
and at seven a. m. made the land from the 
mast-head, bearing east and by south. At eight, 
light breezes and clear weather ; observed two 
strange sail bearing s. e. At noon, saw the 
town of Jaffa, bearing east, distant five or six 
miles. Latitude observed, 31°. 59'. Found no 
bottom in seventy-five fathoms water. At one 
p. M. the extremes of the land visible bore n. e. 
and by north, and s, w. and by south. At five, 
Jaffa lay to the s. e. distant four leagues and an 
half At half past seven the northernmost 
extremity of the land bore n. e. half east, distant 
seven leagues. 
Sunday, June the 28th. At half past five this 
