A VOYAGE TO 
1776. 
October. 
Tuefday 22. 
Wednef. 23. 
Saturday 26. 
Sunday 27. 
Thurfday 31. 
makers and coopers; and to bring the cattle on fhore, to 
graze near our encampment. Before I returned on board, 
I ordered foft bread, frefh meat, and greens, to be provided, 
every day, for the Blip’s company. 
On the 22d, we fet up the tents and obfervatory, and be¬ 
gan to fend the feveral articles out of the Blip which I 
wanted on fhore. This could not be done fooner, as the 
militia of the place were exercifing on, or near, the ground 
which we were to occupy. 
The next day, we began to obferve equal altitudes of the 
Sun, in order to afcertain the rate of the watch, or, which 
is the fame thing, to find whether it had altered its rate. 
Thefe obfervations were continued every day, whenever the 
weather would permit, till the time of our departure drew 
near. But before this, the caulkers had been fet to work to 
caulk the Blip; and I had concerted meafures with Mefirs. 
Brandt and Chiron, for fupplying both Blips with fuch 
provifions as I fliould want. Bakers, likewife, had been or¬ 
dered, immediately after our arrival, to bake fuch a quantity 
of bread as I thought would be requifite. As faft as the fe¬ 
veral articles defiined for the Refolution were got ready, 
they were carried on board. 
On the 26th, the French Blip failed for Europe, and by 
her we fent letters to England. The next day, the Hamp- 
Biire Eaft India Blip, from Bencoolen, anchored in the bay, 
and faluted us with thirteen guns, which we returned with 
eleven. 
Nothing remarkable happened till the evening of the 
31B, when it came on to blow exceflively hard at South Eaft, 
and continued for three days; during which time there 
was no communication between the Blip and the Biore. 
The Refolution was the only Blip in the bay that rode out 
the 
