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A VOYAGE TO 
1778. 
December, 
Friday 4. 
fnow. They did not appear to be of any extraordinary 
height; and yet, in fome places, the fnow feemed to be 
of a coniiderable depth, and to have lain there fome time. 
As we drew near the lhore, fome of the natives came off 
to ns. They were a little fhy at firft; but we foon enticed 
fome of them on board ; and at laft prevailed upon them 
to return to the ill and, and bring off what we wanted. 
Soon after thefe reached the lhore, we had company 
enough ; and few coming empty-handed, we got a tolera¬ 
ble fupply of fmall pigs, fruit, and roots. We continued 
trading with them till fix in the evening ; when we made 
fail, and hood off, with a view of plying to windward round 
the illand. 
In the evening of the 4th, we obferved an eclipfe of the 
moon. Mr. King made ufe of a night-telefcope, a circular 
aperture being placed at the object end, about one-third of 
the lize of the common aperture. I obferved with the tele- 
fcopeof one of Ramfden’s fextants ; which, I think, anfwers 
this purpofe as well as any other. The following times are 
the means, as obferved by us both. 
6“ 3' 2,5" beginning of the eclipfe 7 . , J 204° 40' 4 $" 
8 27 25 end of the eclipfe y ° 4204 25 15 
Mean * - - - - 204 35 o 
Th z. penumbra wasvilible, at leaf; ten minutes before the 
beginning, and after the end of the eclipfe. I meafured the 
uneclipfed part of the moon, with one of Ramfden’s fextants, 
feveral times before, at, and after the middle of the eclipfe 
but did not get the time of the middle fo near as might have 
been effected by this method. Indeed thefe obfervations 
were. 
