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A VOYAGE TO 
CHAP. II. 
PaJJage of the Refolution to I’enerijfe.—Reception there .—* 
Befcription of Santa Cruz Road.—Refreshments to be met 
with. — ObJ'ervations for fixing the Longitude of Penerijfe .— 
Some Account of the Ifland.—Botanical Obfervations .— 
Cities of Santa Cruz and Laguna. — Agriculture.—Air 
and Climate. — Comjnerce. — Inhabitants. 
Friday iz. 
Sunday 14, 
Tuefday 16. 
Wednef. 17. 
Thnrfday 18. 
W E had not been long out of Plymouth Sound, before 
the wind came more wefterly, and blew frelh, fo 
that we were obliged to ply down the Channel; and it was 
not till the 14th, at eight in the evening, that we were off 
the Lizard. 
On the 16th, at noon, St. Agnes’s Light-houfe on the Illes 
of Stilly bore North Weft by Weft, diftant feven or eight 
miles. Our latitude was now 49 0 53' 30" North, and our 
longitude, by the watch, 6° iff Weft. Hence, I reckon that 
St. Agnes’s Light-houfe is in 49 0 57' 30" North latitude, and 
in 6° id of Weft longitude. 
On the 17th * and 18th we were off Ufhant, and found the 
longitude of the ifland to be, by the watch, 5 0 18" 37" Weft. 
The variation was 23 0 d 50", in the fame direction. 
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* It appears from Captain Cook’s log-book, that he began his judicious operations 
for preferving the health of his crew, very early in the voyage. On the 17th, the fhip 
was fmoked between decks with gun-powder. The fpare fails jalfo were then well 
aired. 
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