A VOYAGE TO 
1779. order to reap the greateft polfible advantages from the time- 
er \ keeper; fince, by afcertaining the true longitude of places, 
they difcover the error of its rate. The original obferva- 
tions, that were made in the courfe of this voyage, have 
been publiftied by order of the board of longitude, and to 
thofe I muft refer the reader, for his further information 
on this fubjedL 
N. B. The obfervatories were placed on the Weft fide of 
the village of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. 
Latitude deduced from meridian zenith 
diftances of the fun, and of five ftars 
to the South, and five to the North of 
the zenith - - - 53 0 o' 38" North. 
Longitude deduced from one hundred 
and forty-fix fets of lunar obferva- 
tions - 158 43 16 Eaft. 
Longitude by time-keeper, according 
to its Greenwich rate - - 173 36 o 
Longitude by time-keeper, according 
to its rate found at Owhyhee - 159 20 o 
Variation of the compafs, by azimuths 
taken with three compaffes, made by 
Knight, Gregory, and Martin - 6 18 40 Eaft. 
Dip of the North pole of the mag¬ 
netic needle, being a mean of the 
obfervations taken in June and Sep¬ 
tember - - - 63 5 o 
It was high water, on the full and change of the moon, 
at thirty-fix minutes paft four, and the greateft rife was 
five 
