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A VOYAGE TO 
1780. 
F ebruary. 
Tuefday 22. 
Friday 25. 
Saturday 26. 
March. 
Tuefday 28. 
April. 
Monday 3. 
Tuefday 4. 
On the 22d at noon, being in latitude io° 28' South, and 
longitude 104° 14', we faw great quantities of boobies, and 
other fowls, that feldom go far from land; from which 
we conjectured, that we were near fome fmall unknown 
illand. 
In the evening of the 25th, the wind changed fuddenly 
to the Southward, accompanied with heavy rains, and be¬ 
gan to blow with great violence. During the night, al- 
moft every fail we had bent gave way, and moft of them 
were fplit to rags ; our rigging alfo fuffered materially, and 
we were, the next day, obliged to bend our laft fuit of 
fails, and to knot and fplice the rigging, our cordage 
being all expended. This fudden ftorm we attributed to 
the change from the monfoon to the regular trade-wind; 
our latitude was about 13 0 io 7 South, and we had made 
by our reckoning about 4 0 \ of longitude Weft from Java 
head. 
From the 26th of this month to the 28th of March, we 
had a regular trade-wind from the South Eaft to Eaft by 
South, with fine weather; and being in an old beaten track 
met no occurrence that deferved the fmalleft notice. 
In the morning of the 28th of March, being in latitude 
31 0 42' South, and longitude 35 0 26' Eaft, the trade-wind 
left us in a violent thunder-ftorm. From this time to the 
3d of April, when our latitude was 35 0 T South, and longi¬ 
tude 26° 3' Eaft, the winds were moderate, and generally 
from the South quarter. A frelh breeze then fprung up 
from the Eaftward, which continued till the afternoon of 
the 4th; after which we had a calm that lafted the two fol¬ 
lowing days. 
It had hitherto been Captain Gore’s intention to pro¬ 
ceed directly to St. Helena, without flopping at the Cape ; 
but 
