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A VOYAGE TO 
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Jarraary. 
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Thurfday 2. 
Friday 3. 
Tuefday 7. 
Sunday 12. 
Sunday 19. 
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So uth, longitude 76° 50" Eaft, the variation was 30° 39' Weft; 
and the next day, in the latitude of 48° 22' South, longitude 
8o° 22 / Eaft, it was 30° 47 y 18"' Weft. This was the greateft 
variation we found in this paflage; for afterward it began 
to decreafe, but fo ilowly, that on the 3d, in the evening, 
being then in the latitude of 48° 16' South, longitude 85° 
Eaft, it was 29 0 38" Weft. 
Thus far we had frefh gales from the Weft and South 
Weft, and tolerably clear weather. But now the wind veered 
to the North, where it continued eight days, and was at¬ 
tended with a thick fog. During this time, we ran above 
three hundred leagues in the dark. Now and then the wea¬ 
ther would clear up, and give us a fight of the fun ; but 
this happened very feldom, and was always of fhort conti¬ 
nuance. On the 7th, I hoifted out a boat, and fent an or¬ 
der to Captain Clerke, appointing Adventure Bay, in Van 
Diemen’s Land, as our place of rendezvous, in cafe of fepa- 
ration before we arrived in the meridian of that land. But 
we were fortunate enough, amidft all this foggy weather,, 
by frequently firing guns as fignals, though we feldom faw 
each other, not to lofe company. 
On the 12th, being in the latitude of 48° 40' South, lon¬ 
gitude no 0 26' Eaft, the Northerly winds ended in a calm ; 
which, after a few hours, was fucceeded by a wind from 
the Southward. This, with rain, continued for twenty-four 
hours ; when it frefhened, and veered to the Weft and North 
Weft, and brought on fair and clear weather. 
We continued our courfe to the Eaft ward, without meet¬ 
ing with any thing worthy of notice, till four o’clock in the 
morning of the 19th ; when, in a fudden fquall of wind, 
though the Difcovery received no damage, our fore-top-maft 
went by the board, and carried the main-top-gallant-maft 
with 
