AN ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE round the WORLD. BOOK III. CHA P. I. The Run from New Zealand to Botany Bay, on the Eaft Coaft of New Holland, now called New South Wales; various Incidents that happened there; with fome Account of the Country and its Inhabitants. HA AVING failed from Cape Farewell, which lies in latitude 40° 33′ S., longitude. 186° W. on Saturday the 31ft. of March 1770, we fteered weftward, with a fresh gale at N.N.E, and at noon on the 2d of April, our latitude, by obfervation, was 40°, our longitude from Cape Farewell 2°31′ W.. 1770. March. Saturday 31. April. Monday 2. In the morning of the 9th, being in latitude 38° 29'S. we faw Monday 9. a tropic bird, which in fo high a latitude is very uncommon. In the morning of the 10th, being in latitude 38° 51′ S. Tuesday 10. longitude 202° 43′ W. we found the variation, by the ampli tude, to be 11° 25′ E. and by the azimuth 11° 20′. |