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A VOYAGE TO 
i 777 . la the night, Mr. Bayly, Mr. King, and myfelf, obferved 
^ovemoei. an i mmer f 10n 0 f Jupiter’s third fatellite. It happened, by 
the oblervation of 
WedneC 2 6. Mr. Bayly, at 2* 37" 1 54 s | 
Mr. King, at 2 37 24 > in the morning. 
Myfelf, at 2 37 44 j 
Mr. Bayly and Mr. King obferved, with Dollond’s three 
and a half feet achromatic telefcope, and with the greateft 
magnifying power, I obferved, with a two-feet Gregorian 
refleitor, made by Bird. 
Soon after day-break, the Chief, his fon, daughter, and 
fon-in-law, came on board the Refolution. The three laft 
I refolved to detain, till the two deferters fhould be brought 
back. With this view, Captain Clerke invited them to go 
on board his fhip; and as foon as they arrived there, con¬ 
fined them in his cabin. The Chief was with me when the 
news reached him. He immediately acquainted me with it, 
fuppofing that this ftep had been taken without my know¬ 
ledge, and confequently without my approbation. I in- 
ftantly undeceived him; and then he began to have appre- 
henlions as to his own fituation, and his looks expreffed the 
utmoft perturbation of mind. But I foon made him eafy as 
to this, by telling him, that he w r as at liberty to leave the 
fhip whenever he pleafed, and to take fuch meafures as he 
fhould judge belt calculated to get our two men back; that, 
if he fucceeded, his friends on board the Difcovery fhould 
be delivered up; if not, that I w r as determined to carry them 
away with me. I added, that his own conduit, as well as 
. that of many of his people, in not only aflifting thefe two 
men to efcape, but in being, even at this very time, afh- 
duons 
