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TABLES

OF THE

ROUTE OF THE ESPERANCE,

DURING THE YEARS

1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794,

FROM THE TIME OF HER LEAVING EUROPE TILL HER ARRIVAL AT SURABAYA.

N.B. These tables shew the position of the vessel at noon, the variation of the needle distinguished by sr. when observed at the horizon at sun-rise; by ss., when observed at the horizon at sun-set; and by az., when it is the result of an azimuth observation; the degree of the thermometer according to Reaumur's scale (it was a thermometer with mercury), the height of the barometer at noon; the direction of the wind and the state of the weather.

Date. 1791.		Latitude North by Observation.			Latitude North by Computation.			Longitude West by Observation.			Longitude West by Computation.			Variation of the Needle West.

		°	′	″	°	′	″	°	′	″	°	′	″		°	′	″
September.	29	47	41	20	47	43	00	—————			9	36	40		22	36	00
	30	47	7	30	47	2	00	—————			10	24	18		—————
October.	1	—————			46	46	30	—————			10	59	30		—————
	2	—————			46	35	10	—————			10	56	18		—————
	3	45	46	36	45	59	20	10	23	00	10	38	00	sr.	21	39	00
	4	45	36	38	45	38	00	11	14	24	11	17	10		—————
	6	42	49	58	43	3	18	13	58	00	13	47	36		—————
	8	38	23	29	38	27	00	—————			16	24	12	ss.	19	59	00
	10	34	8	53	34	4	14	17	25	00	17	48	14		—————
	12	29	26	18	29	32	38	18	53	10	18	36	36	ss.	18	56	00
At Teneriffe.	13	28	29	55	—————			18	38	12	———			sr.	18	9	9
	25	25	22	9	25	21	36	—————			19	24	32	sr.	17	38	10
	26	23	33	59	23	41	20	20	16	36	19	59	56		—————
	27	21	32	45	21	24	38	20	59	46	20	44	10	sr.	16	44	00
	28	19	58	47	20	3	19	21	56	30	21	7	12		—————
	30	17	52	48	17	53	00	22	24	12	21	29	38	ss.	15	19	00
November.	1	14	56	49	14	52	00	23	29	54	21	37	40	ss.	14	32	00
	2	13	6	19	13	5	44	—————			21	25	38		—————
	3	—————			12	8	18	22	35	43	21	12	19		—————
	4	10	23	49	10	26	2	21	28	00	20	10	00		—————
	5	9	6	36	9	6	19	21	6	00	10	16	19	ss.	12	43	00
	6	9	7	00	8	55	36	—————			19	24	36		—————
	7	9	1	8	8	59	38	20	53	45	19	15	18	sr.	12	39	20
	8	8	23	5	8	22	00	20	38	10	18	49	30	ss.	14	38	00
	9	7	49	38	7	43	14	———			18	23	12	ss.	14	38	00
	10	—————			7	9	48	—————			18	19	17	sr.	14	20	20
	11	7	1	36	6	47	32	19	49	50	18	6	34		—————
	12	6	45	29	6	53	38	19	46	12	18	4	18	sr.	13	34	00
	13	6	9	34	6	19	25	19	49	10	18	6	12	ss.	13	36	32
	14	6	00	26	5	56	26	19	47	14	18	8	37		13	39	18
	15	5	52	54	5	44	34	19	46	24	18	14	50		—————
	16	5	32	56	5	31	19	20	6	18	18	27	36		13	59	4
	17	—————			5	13	40	—————			18	59	8		—————
	18	—————			5	3	46	—————			19	7	4		—————
	19	5	3	29	4	42	58	20	12	45	18	47	3		—————
	20	4	42	26	4	41	19	10	26	36	18	34	10		—————
	21	4	30	38	4	23	38	18	38	24	18	8	37		—————
	22	4	28	39	4	17	39	18	56	18	18	7	12		—————
	23	3	49	00	3	30	46	—————			18	45	10	sr.	13	42	36
	24	3	16	55	2	59	00	20	49	13	19	56	00	sr.	14	36	3

Date, 1791.		Variation of the Needle West.				Therm.	Barometer.		Wind and State of the Weather.

			°	′	″	°	p.	l.
September.	29		—————			15,0	28	2,9	E. Pretty brisk, cloudy
	30		—————			16,0	28	3,7	E.S.E. Calm, overcast
October.	1		—————			16,0	28	3,9	N. Variable, calm, overcast
	2	az.	21	10	57	16,1	28	4,2	W.S.W. Calm, overcast
	3		—————			16,2	28	3,6	N.W. Very little wind, overcast
	4		—————			—	28	1,0	W.N.W. Brisk, overcast, hail
	6	az.	21	26	00	14,4	28	3,6	N.N.E. A fine breeze, cloudy
	8		—————			16,5	28	2,9	N.E. Brisk, hail
	10	az.	19	29	00	16,0	28	2,9	N.N.E. Brisk, overcast, hail
	12		—————			17,1	28	3,8	N. A fine breeze, fair
	13		—————			20,2	28	2,0	N. A fine breeze, clear, afterwards cloudy.
	25		—————			19,0	28	3,0	N.E. Rather brisk, cloudy
	26	az.	16	38	00	19,5	28	2,8	N.E. A fine breeze, fair weather
	27		—————			19,5	28	2,8	E.N.E, A fresh breeze, very fine
	28	az.	16	49	37	19,0	28	2,5	E.N.E. A fresh breeze, cloudy, afterwards clear
	30	az.	14	47	34	19,8	28	3,0	N.E. Little wind, fair
November.	1		—————			21,0	28	2,6	N.E¼N. Light breeze, clear
	2		—————			22,0	28	2,5	N.E.¼N. Fine breeze, cloudy
	3		—————			21,8	28	2,9	E. Variable, overcast, stormy
	4		—————			22,2	28	2,9	N.E¼N. Brisk, cloudy
	5		—————			22,8	28	2,4	N.E. Brisk wind, cloudy
	6		—————			22,8	28	2,3	Calm, cloudy, stormy
	7		—————			22,5	28	2,8	Calm, stormy
	8		—————			22,3	28	2,2	N.E¼E. Very little wind, stormy
	9	az.	14	15	35	22,5	28	2,4	E.N.E. A light breeze, stormy
	10		—————			21,7	28	2,4	E.S.E. Brisk, variable, cloudy, rain
	11		—————			21,9	28	3,0	E N. E. Very little wind, cloudy, afterwards serene
	12		—————			22,9	28	2,4	Calm, rather cloudy
	13		—————			22,9	28	1,9	E.S.E. Little wind, fair
	14		—————			23,0	28	2,0	S.E. Very little wind, fair
	15		—————			22,5	28	1,9	S.E. Hail, calm, overcast, rain
	16		—————			22,9	28	2,0	S.S.E. Little wind, cloudy
	17		—————			22,5	28	1,9	S.S.E. Little wind, rain
	18		—————			22,0	28	2,0	Calm, rain
	19		—————			22,0	28	1,9	S.S.W. Little wind, fair; afterwards rain
	20		—————			22,0	28	2,0	S.S.W. Variable, brisk, very wet
	21	az.	14	37	24	21,3	28	1,8	S.S.W. Gusts of wind, hail, rain
	22	az.	14	49	36	21,8	28	1,1	E.S.E. Nearly calm, overcast, rain
	23	az.	14	26	30	22,0	28	0,8	S.S.E. Moderate breeze, hail
	24		—————			21,6	28	1,2	S.S.E. Fine breeze, hail

Date, 1791.		Latitude North by Observation.			Latitude North by Computation.			Longitude West by Observation.			Longitude West by Computation.			Variation of the Needle West.

		°	′	″	°	′	″	°	′	″	°	′	″		°	′	″
November.	25	2	58	00	2	53	34	22	6	12	20	54	00	ss.	14	28	36
	26	2	5	37	2	1	55	23	19	36	21	33	4	ss.	12	29	00
	27	1	20	19	1	17	57	24	19	20	22	14	7	ss.	11	42	00
	28	0	30	55	0	36	35	25	17	13	22	38	49	sr.	11	18	00
		Latitude. south.			Latitude. south.
	29	0	39	13	0	26	12	26	19	36	23	19	30	ss.	10	44	53
	30	1	32	49	1	34	19	27	12	18	24	6	10	do.	8	46	00
December.	1	2	34	49	2	34	20	28	12	17	24	36	10	do.	8	19	24
	2	3	52	25	3	49	35	29	4	18	24	59	38	do.	8	58	47
	3	5	10	26	5	4	26	30	8	3	25	29	37	do.	7	49	18
	4	6	28	35	6	15	54	30	42	36	25	56	14	do.	7	14	56
	5	7	34	31	7	24	34	30	58	14	26	2	6	do.	6	56	18
	6	9	2	36	8	57	19	31	19	26	26	5	12	do.	5	24	48
	7	10	34	26	10	24	25	31	43	40	26	24	36	do.	5	26	30
	8	11	43	12	11	38	56	31	38	17	25	59	38	do.	3	49	19
	9	12	46	33	12	33	18	31	8	14	25	28	34	do.	4	16	56
	10	14	14	24	14	4	25	30	29	38	24	38	39	do.	3	58	00
	11	15	42	46	15	41	26	29	43	12	23	43	39	do.	4	8	54
	12	16	56	13	16	47	48	29	6	38	23	6	32	do.	5	13	36
	13	18	6	20	17	56	28	17	56	28	28	38	40	do.	5	00	00
	14	19	9	36	19	6	34	28	19	34	22	26	10	do.	5	17	26
	15	—————			20	32	19	28	26	12	22	26	18	do.	4	46	00
	16	22	16	27	22	3	59	28	38	44	23	27	12	do.	5	18	17
	17	23	48	14	23	27	13	29	15	36	23	54	10	do.	4	18	46
	18	25	20	32	25	9	24	29	27	18	23	19	4	sr.	1	56	39
	19	26	35	17	26	32	27	29	29	4	23	7	14	do.	2	54	00
	20	27	28	29	27	18	59	28	18	59	28	18	38	do.	3	36	00
	21	—————			28	6	44	25	43	10	19	48	2	ss.	4	46	34
	22	28	49	48	28	32	59	24	6	36	18	9	4		—————
	23	—————			28	33	36	22	44	34	16	49	3		—————
	24	27	49	58	27	57	28	22	9	36	16	23	6		—————
	25	—————			28	19	34	22	26	18	16	44	7		—————
	26	29	33	54	29	16	36	22	54	18	17	22	18		—————
	27	30	44	49	30	42	54	22	38	17	17	16	18		—————
	28	31	16	24	30	53	54	21	56	14	16	26	19	ss.	5	36	30
	29	31	32	54	51	23	24	19	49	38	14	34	17	sr.	6	14	49
	30	31	49	33	31	38	44	17	45	17	12	46	14		—————
	31	32	6	17	32	4	32	15	44	12	10	58	13	sr.	5	54	10

Date, 1791.		Variation of the Needle West.				Therm.	Barom.		Wind and State of the Weather.

			°	′	″	°	p.	l.
November.	25		—————			21,9	28	1,1	S.S.E. A moderate breeze, hazy
	26	az.	12	16	56	21,5	28	1,3	Ditto
	27	az.	11	33	19	21,7	28	1,8	S.E. A light breeze, hazy
	28	az.	11	23	14	21,2	28	1,8	S.E¼S. Moderate breeze, fair

	29		—————			21,3	28	2,1	Ditto
	30	az.	8	39	5	21,2	28	1,8	S.E. Moderate breeze, hazy
December.	1		—————			21,2	28	2,3	S.E. Moderate breeze, hazy, afterwards clear
	2	sr.	7	22	54	21,3	28	2,2	S. E¼ E. Moderate breeze, hazy, fair
	3		—————			21,0	28	2,0	Ditto
	4	az.	7	36	18	21,4	28	2,1	E.S.E. Light breeze, hazy, fair
	5	sr.	6	39	49	21,5	28	2,3	E¼S.E. Light breeze, hazy, fair
	6	az.	5	24	55	21,5	28	2,7	E¼S.E. Fine breeze, hazy, fair
	7	sr.	5	18	17	21,6	28	2,7	E. Moderate breeze, hazy, fair
	8	az.	3	44	12	21,0	28	2,8	E¼ N.E. Moderate breeze, hazy, fair
	9	az.	3	58	36	20,7	28	2,5	E.N.E. Moderate breeze, fair, a little rain
	10	az.	3	48	00	20,5	28	2,8	N.E¼E. Fine breeze, hazy, fair
	11	az.	4	5	00	20,5	28	3,5	Ditto
	12	az.	5	18	12	20,5	28	3,6	From N.E. to E. Fine breeze, hazy, fair
	13	az.	5	49	54	20,3	28	3,9	E¼N.E. Moderate, hazy, fair
	14	az.	5	35	11	20,2	28	4,0	E. Light breeze, fair
	15		—————			20,3	28	4,2	E¼S.E. Gusts of wind, showers of hail
	16	az.	5	18	36	20,4	28	2,9	E¼S.E. Mod. breeze, hazy, fair
	17	az.	4	6	54	19,5	28	5,2	E¼S.E. Fine breeze, hazy, fair
	18	az.	2	36	44	19,0	28	5,0	Ditto
	19	az.	3	33	39	19,4	28	4,5	E. Moderate breeze, overcast
	20	az.	4	18	53	19,4	28	3,5	From E. to N. Moderate br. fair, rather hazy
	21		—————			19,0	28	2,3	N.N.W. Moderate breeze, fair, rather hazy
	22	az.	5	52	36	19,3	28	2,3	N.W. W.N.W. Light breeze, cloudy, rain
	23		—————			18,0	28	3,8	W. S.S.E. Brisk, cloudy
	24		—————			17,6	28	5,3	S.S.E. E.S.E. Brisk gale, cloudy
	25		—————			18,6	28	4,0	S.E. Fine breeze, cloudy, rain
	26	az.	5	49	32	17,0	28	4,8	S.E¼E. Moderate breeze, cloudy
	27		—————			16,7	28	4,5	E. Moderate, cloudy, fair
	28	az.	6	46	47	17,5	28	3,9	N.E.N. Little wind, fair
	29	az.	6	56	00	17,8	28	3,9	N¼N.E. Moderate, fair
	30		—————			17,8	28	3,9	N. Moderate, fair
	31	az.	6	16	15	17,6	28	0,0	N.N.E. Moderate, fair

Date, 1792.		Latitude South by Observation.			Latitude South by Computation.			Longitude West by Observation.			Longitude West by Computation.			Variation of the Needle West.

		°	′	″	°	′	″	°	′	″	°	′	″		°	′	″
January.	1	32	19	55	32	22	34	13	34	39	9	4	8	sr.	5	49	18
	2	—————			32	28	38	9	35	17	7	9	13	do.	7	57	19
	3	32	42	43	32	35	44	9	8	49	4	59	12		—————
	4	32	49	34	32	42	24	7	12	17	3	14	8	do.	10	55	24
	5	32	55	46	32	51	38	5	59	14	2	14	7	ss.	13	37	28
	6	32	56	40	32	52	37	4	17	12	0	39	18	do.	14	44	00
											Longitude east.
	7	32	55	40	32	48	12	1	11	10	2	26	19	do.	16	3	29
								Longitude east.
	8	32	58	17	32	56	34	1	53	36	5	23	36		—————
	9	32	57	36	32	3	24	4	3	18	7	2	34	do.	17	49	00
	10	33	00	24	32	58	56	4	46	19	7	35	39	sr.	20	14	00
	11	32	47	36	30	2	14	5	17	34	8	14	36	ss.	21	54	49
	12	32	55	24	33	3	24	7	14	19	9	49	14		—————
	13	32	52	12	32	59	12	8	53	48	11	34	42	sr.	21	46	00
	14	33	14	54	33	23	26	10	44	17	13	12	48	ss.	22	17	22
	15	33	36	30	33	40	10	12	6	16	14	32	14	sr.	22	54	36
	16	34	3	29	34	8	18	15	37	10	17	3	12	sr.	24	14	16
At the Cape of Good Hope.
February.	17	34	8	54	34	17	4	—————			16	8	34	ss.	24	19	34
	18	—————			34	12	3	—————			15	33	10		—————
	19	—————			34	38	44	—————			16	24	18	sr.	23	10	49
	20	34	46	19	35	52	42	17	24	36	18	14	36	ss.	25	14	19
	21	34	59	16	35	9	16	19	27	48	19	38	47		—————
	22	34	55	54	34	54	14	20	8	45	20	19	58	ss.	26	19	5
	23	34	35	19	34	48	50	22	12	4	22	17	54	sr.	25	42	10
	24	34	16	12	34	17	52	24	42	10	25	26	11	ss.	27	25	00
	25	34	12	00	33	55	12	24	18	13	25	16	4	sr.	27	14	00
	26	—————			35	9	14	26	4	20	24	48	00	ss.	28	10	10
	27	35	24	10	35	5	10	27	3	32	27	24	00	sr.	28	12	14
	28	35	18	46	35	22	4	28	22	34	28	8	14	ss.	28	6	14
	29	—————			35	35	43	—————			29	46	32	do.	28	12	00
March.	1	35	16	36	35	22	54	32	59	4	32	37	34	do.	28	34	3
	2	34	45	34	34	59	26	35	43	36	36	13	24	do.	28	46	00

Date, 1792.		Variation of the Needle West.				Therm.	Barometer.		Wind and State of the Weather.

			°	′	″	°	p.	l.
January.	1	az.	6	6	55	17,7	28	3,3	N.N.E. N¼N.E. Moderate, hazy, fair
	2	az.	6	56	00	17,7	28	3,2	Ditto
	3	az.	9	59	25	18,0	28	3,4	N¼N.E. N. Breeze, hazy, fair
	4	az.	13	34	59	18,0	28	4,1	N¼N.E. N. Moderate, fair
	5	az.	13	46	18	17,9	28	4,0	N. N.N.E. Little wind, cloudy, fair
	6	az.	15	18	49	17,8	28	3,3	N. Moderate, fair

	7	az.	15	38	39	18,0	28	1,7	N¼N.W. Brisk, fair

	8	az.	16	39	00	18,4	28	2,5	N.N.W. Fine breeze, clear, afterwards hazy
	9	az.	17	51	56	18,1	28	4,0	N.N.W. N¼N.E, Little wind, some rain, fair
	10	az.	19	19	3	18,4	28	4,9	N.W. Little wind, afterward calm, fair
	11	az.	20	29	46	19,0	28	4,0	W.N.W. Very little wind, fair, afterwards foggy
	12		—————			18,8	28	3,6	W. Very little wind, fair, hazy
	13	az.	21	59	44	17,0	28	3,1	W.S.W. W. Moderate, hazy, afterwards clear
	14	az.	22	14	32	18,0	28	2,3	W. Mod. hazy, afterwards clear
	15	ss.	23	18	48	18,3	28	1,5	W.N.W. Moderate, hazy, fair
	16	az.	24	18	53	16,5	28	1,5	N.N.W. N. Fine breeze, cloudy, some rain

February.	17	az.	24	12	36	15,0	28	4,0	S.S.E. Squally, cloudy, rain
	18		—————			15,5	28	4,0	S. S.S.W. Moderate breeze, hazy
	19	az.	23	16	10	18,2	28	2,7	S.S.W. W.S.W. Mod. br. hazy
	20	az.	24	59	12	17,0	28	2,0	W. N.N.W. Brisk, cloudy
	21		—————			19,0	28	4,0	N.W. Fine breeze, cloudy
	22	az.	26	39	8	19,0	28	1,9	W.S.W. N.N.W. Light br. tolerably fair
	23	ss.	25	48	00	18,0	27	8,5	W.N.W. W. Brisk, tolerably fine
	24		—————			17,1	28	6,9	W.S.W. A smart gale, fair, hail
	25	az.	27	16	00	18,5	28	2,7	E¼N.E. Smart gale, afterwards light breeze, clear
	26		—————			19,9	28	0,0	E.N.E. N.E. Smart gale, fine
	27	az.	28	17	59	19,0	28	2,9	N.W. Light breeze, fair
	28	az.	28	9	36	18,4	28	2,7	S.W. Little wind, afterwards calm, fair
	29	az.	28	18	36	19,5	27	10,0	N.E. Mod. br. fair, afterw. cloudy
March.	1	az.	28	58	00	15,8	27	11,5	W. W.N.W. Brisk, stormy, then fair
	2	az.	28	24	36	18,0	28	1,2	N.W. Fine br. fair, rather cloudy

Date. 1792.		Latitude South by Observation.			Latitude South by Computation.			Longitude East by Observation.			Longitude East by Computation.			Variation of the Needle West.

		°	′	″	°	′	″	°	′	″	°	′	″		°	′	″
March.	3	34	32	00	34	32	14	38	14	18	38	16	54	sr.	30	36	52
	4	34	35	37	34	38	44	—————			40	18	12		—————
	5	—————			34	40	54	42	22	12	42	8	3		—————
	6	34	41	52	34	42	34	43	36	44	43	34	2		—————
	7	—————			34	41	36	44	3	35	44	8	13	ss.	27	34	19
	8	35	23	18	35	29	14	44	54	18	44	58	4		—————
	9	34	54	14	35	6	2	—————			46	22	2		—————
	10	35	42	8	35	54	34	47	4	34	46	58	3		—————
	11	36	22	5	36	8	14	49	25	32	49	14	13	ss.	26	49	50
	12	36	44	20	36	44	52	52	54	38	52	44	36	sr.	26	30	00
	13	36	43	34	36	48	34	53	13	19	52	26	12	ss.	26	34	38
	14	37	16	49	37	11	39	53	33	46	53	34	6	sr.	26	24	00
	15	36	13	44	36	18	4	54	5	42	54	9	34	ss.	26	13	15
	16	36	53	52	36	49	34	54	39	24	54	38	34	ss.	24	49	39
	17	—————			37	46	14	55	53	52	56	8	52	ss.	24	26	00
	18	37	57	55	38	4	36	—————			57	49	12		—————
	19	38	2	47	38	6	27	59	12	34	58	45	10	ss.	24	59	00
	20	38	12	38	38	9	4	60	18	20	60	4	8	sr.	25	32	19
	21	38	30	37	38	24	37	61	24	37	61	33	16	sr.	23	19	48
	22	38	26	42	38	28	14	64	16	12	64	18	00	ss.	24	46	38
	23	38	9	45	38	22	45	—————			66	34	20	sr.	23	48	15
	24	37	15	44	37	14	36	68	4	18	67	59	32		—————
	25	36	49	36	36	54	33	68	43	47	68	38	44	sr.	23	14	52
	26	37	4	49	37	18	49	70	48	10	70	48	10		—————
	27	36	48	50	36	54	12	72	8	10	71	59	4	sr.	20	6	19
	28	37	33	6	37	33	48	74	24	18	74	8	19	ss.	20	15	12
	29	38	45	34	39	4	12	—————			77	51	4	ss.	17	43	39
	30	39	23	34	39	30	58	80	4	32	79	48	2		—————
	31	39	54	49	40	7	55	82	23	36	82	14	49		—————
April.	1	40	42	26	41	2	26	84	59	14	85	3	40	ss.	16	4	53
	2	40	56	18	41	9	18	88	14	19	87	48	10		—————
	3	40	45	10	40	34	00	90	26	18	90	22	14		—————
	4	41	3	36	41	19	26	92	59	4	93	5	4		—————
	5	41	34	00	41	46	11	96	58	38	96	41	38	sr.	18	16	10
	6	42	5	18	42	18	14	100	25	19	100	18	8	ss.	19	8	10
	7	—————			42	17	10	—————			104	7	3		—————
	8	42	15	16	42	32	16	106	35	36	106	49	39	ss.	13	14	13