THE PACIFIC OCEAN, 
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CHAP. IIL 
Departure from Jenerijfe.—Danger of the Ship near Bona* 
vifta.—IJle of Mayo.—Fort Praya.—Precautions againft 
the Rain and fultry Weather in the Neighbourhood of the 
Equator.—Pojition of the Coaft of Brazil.—Arrival at the 
Cape of Good Hope.—Franfactions there.—Junction of the 
Difcovery. — Mr. Anderforts Journey up the Country. — As¬ 
tronomical Obfervations.—Nautical Remarks on the Paf- 
fage from England to the Cape , with regard to the Cur¬ 
rents and the Variation . 
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H AVING completed our water, and got on board every , 77 6 . 
other thing we wanted at Teneriffe, we weighed an- , Aug ^‘ t 
chor on the 4th of Anguft, and proceeded on our voyage, Sunday 4. 
with a fine gale at North Eaft. 
At nine o’clock in the evening on the 10th *, we faw the Saturday 10, 
ifland of Bonavifta bearing South, diftant little more than 
a league; though, at this time, we thought ourfelves much 
farther off: but this proved a miftake. For, after hauling 
to the Eaftward till twelve o’clock, to clear the funken rocks 
that lie about a league from the South Eaft point of the 
ifland, we found ourfelves, at that time, clofe upon them, 
and did but juft weather the breakers. Our fituation, for a 
few minutes, was very alarming. I did not choofe to found, 
* As a proof of Captain Cook’s attention, both to the difeipline and to the health of 
his fhip’s company, it may be worth while to obferve here, that it appears from his log¬ 
book, he exercifed them at great guns and fmall arms , and cleaned and fmoked the Jhip betwixt 
decks ? twice in the interval between the 4th and the 10 th of Anguft, 
as 
