THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
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fThe Time-keeper - 17 0 o' 30" 
By s Lunar obfervations - 16 0 30' 20" 
(.Mr. Varila - - 16 0 46' o /x 
But if the latitude of it Is 28° 12' 54", as in the Britijb Ma¬ 
riner's Guide , its longitude will be 13' 30" more wefterly. 
The variation, when we were at anchor in the road, by 
the mean of all our compaffes, was found to be 14 0 4T <10" 
Weft. The dip of the North end of the needle was 6i° 52' 
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Some of Mr. Anderfon’s remarks on the natural appear¬ 
ances of Teneriffe, and its productions; and what he ob- 
ferved himfelf, or learnt by information, about the general 
ftate of the ill and, will be of ufe, particularly in marking 
what changes may have happened there lince Mr. Glas vi- 
lited it. They here follow in his own words : 
u While we were ftanding in for the land, the weather 
being perfectly clear, we had an opportunity of feeing the 
celebrated Pic of Teneriffe. But, I own, I was much dif- 
appointed in my expectation with refpeCt to its appearance. 
It is, certainly, far from equalling the noble figure of Pico, 
one of the Weftern Ifles which I have feen; though its per¬ 
pendicular height may be greater. This circumftance, per¬ 
haps, arifes from its being furrounded by other very high 
hills; whereas Pico ftands without a rival. 
Behind the city of Santa Cruz, the country rifes gradu¬ 
ally, and is of a moderate height. Beyond this, to the 
South Weftward, it becomes higher, and continues to rife 
toward the Pic, which, from the road, appears but little 
higher than the furrounding hills. From thence it feems to 
decreafe, though not fuddenly, as far as the eye can reach. 
From a fuppofition that we fhould not flay above one day,. 
I was obliged to contract my excurfiojis into the country 
otherwife. 
Weft. 
1776. 
Auguft. 
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