THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
found it continuing in the fame direction, but increafed in 
its rapidity to five miles an hour; as we left the fliore it 
again became more moderate, anddnclined to the Eaftward; 
on the 3d, at the diftance of fixty leagues, it fet to the Eaft: 
North Eaft, three miles an hour; on the 4th and 5th, it 
turned to the Southward, and at one hundred and twenty 
leagues from the land, its direction was South Eaft* and its 
rate not more than a mile and half an hour: on the 6th and 
7th, it again Ihifted round to the North Eaft, its force gra¬ 
dually diminilliing till the 8th; when we could no longer 
perceive any at all. 
During the 4th and 5th, we continued our courfe to the 
South Eaft, having very unfettled weather, attended with 
much lightning and rain. On both days we pafled great 
quantities of pumice-ftone, feveral pieces of which we took 
up, and found to weigh from one ounce to three pounds. 
We conjectured that thefe ftones had been thrown into the 
fea, by eruptions of various dates, as many of them were 
covered with barnacles, and others quite bare. At the fame 
time, we faw two wild ducks, and feveral fmall land birds, 
and had many porpufles playing round us. 
On the 6th, at day-light, we altered our courfe to the Saturdays. 
South South Weft; but at eight in the evening, we were 
taken back, and obliged to fteer to the South Eaft. On the 
7th, at noon, we faw a fmall land bird, our latitude, by ob- Sunday 7. 
fervation, at this time, being 33 0 52', and longitude 148° 42'. 
On the 9th, we were in latitude 31 0 46', longitude 146° 20', Tuefdayg, 
when we again faw a fmall land bird, a tropic bird, por¬ 
pufles, flying fillies, and had a great fwell from the Eaft 
South Eaft. We continued our courfe to the South Weft, 
having the winds from the Northward, without any re¬ 
markable occurrence, till the 12th, when we had a moft Friday 12. 
violent 
4°S 
l 779’ 
November. 
Thurfday 4, 
Friday 5. 
