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1766. three lower rudder braces on the ftern were broken March. off, which rendered the rudder unserviceable. I immediately fent the carpenter on board, who found the condition of the braces even worse than had been reported, fo that the rudder could not poffibly be new hung; he therefore went to work upon a machine like that which had been fixed to the Ipswich, and by which she was steered home: this machine in about five days he completed, and with some little alterations of his own, it was an excellent piece of work. The Tamar fteered very well with it, but thinking that it might not be fufficient to fecure her in bad weather, or upon a lee fhore, I ordered Captain Cumming to run down to Antigua, that he might there heave the ship down, and get the rudder new hung, with a fresh fet of braces which he had with him for that purpose; for the braces with which the ship went out, being of iron, were not expected to last as long as ours, the lower ones, with the fheathing, being of copper.

April. Tuefd. I.

May.

Pursuant to these orders, the Tamar parted company with us on the 1ft of April, and fteered for the Caribbee Iflands. When we came into latitude 340 N. longitude 35° W. we had strong gales from W. S. W. to W. N. W. with a great sea, which broke over us continually for fix days fucceffively, and run us into latitude 48° N. longitude 14° W. On the 7th Thurf. 7. of May, at feven o'clock in the morning, we made the Iflands of Scilly, having been just nine weeks coming from the Cape of Good Hope, and fomewhat more than two and twenty months upon the voyage; the 9th, the fhip came to an anchor in the Downs, and on the fame day I landed at Deal, and fet out for London.

Satur. 9.

AN

ΑΝ

ACCOUNT

OF A

VOYAGE round the WORLD, ·

In the Years 1766, 1767, and 1769,

By SAMUEL WALLIS, Efq;

Commander of his MAJESTY'S Ship the DOLPHIN

ΑΝ

ACCOUNT

OF A

VOYAGE round the WORLD.

CHAP. I.

The Paffage to the Coaft of Patagonia, with fome Account of the Natives.

[The longitude in this voyage is reckoned from the meridian of London.]

AVING received my commiffion, which was

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1766 dated the 19th of June 1766, I went on board June 19. the fame day, hoifted the pendant, and began

to enter seamen, but, according to my orders, took no boys either for myself or any of the officers.

The fhip was fitted for the fea with all poffible expedition, during which the articles of war, and the act of parliament were read to the fhip's company: on the Saturday 26th of July we failed down the river, and on the 16th July 26. Saturday of Auguft, at eight o'clock in the morning, anchored in Plymouth Sound.

August 16.

On the 19th I received my failing orders, with di- Tuesday 19. rections to take the Swallow floop, and the Prince Frederick ftore-fhip under my command: and this day I took on board, among other things, three thousand weight of portable foup, and a bale of cork jackets. Every part of the fhip was filled with ftores and neceffaries of various kinds, even to the fteerage and stateroom, which were allotted to the flops and portable foup. The furgeon offered to purchase an extraordinary quantity of medicines, and medical neceffaries, VOL. I.

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which,

1766. which, as the ship's company might become fickly, Auguft. he faid would in that cafe be of great fervice, if room could be found to ftow them in; I therefore gave him leave to put them into my cabin, the only place in the ship where they could be received, as they confifted of three large boxes.

Friday 22.

September.
Sunday 7.

On the 22d, at four o'clock in the morning, I weighed and made fail in company with the Swallow and Prince Frederic, and had foon the mortification to find that the Swallow was a very bad failer.

We proceeded in our voyage without any remarkable incident, till Sunday the feventh of September, when, about eight o'clock in the morning, we saw the island of Porto Santo bearing west; and about noon faw the east end of the island of Madeira.

About five o'clock we ran between this end of the ifland and the Deferters. On the fide next the Deferters is a low flat island, and near it a needle rock ; the fide next to Madeira is full of broken rocks, and for that reason it is not fafe to come within less than two miles of it.

At fix in the evening we anchored in Madeira Road, about two-thirds of a mile from the fhore, in 24 fathom with a muddy bottom: about eight the Swallow and Prince Frederick alfo came to an anchor; and I fent an officer on shore to the governor, to let him know that I would falute him, if he would return an equal number of guns, which he promised to do; the next Mond. 8. morning therefore, at fix o'clock, I faluted him with thirteen guns, and he returned thirteen as he had promised.

Friday 12.

Tuesday 16.

Having taking in a proper quantity of water at this place, with four pipes and ten puncheons of wine, fome fresh beef, and a large quantity of onions, we weighed anchor on the 12th, and continued our voyage.

At fix o'clock in the morning, of Tuesday the 16th, we faw the island of Palma, and found the fhip 15 miles to the fouthward of her reckoning. As we were failing along this island, at the rate of no lefs than eight miles an hour, with the wind at east, it died

away

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