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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

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

			°	′	″	°	p.	l.
March.	3	az.	30	43	9	18,5	28	3,0	N. Pretty brisk, fair
	4		—————			18,0	28	3,3	N.E.¼N. Brik, afterwards little wind, very cloudy
	5		—————			17,1	28	2,4	N.E¼N. Mod. br. cloudy, rain
	6	az.	28	56	20	18,7	28	3,0	N.W. Moderate, afterwards calm, fair, rather cloudy
	7	az.	27	14	14	17,0	28	4,0	S.E. S. Light breeze, cloudy
	8		—————			18,0	28	3,9	E.S.E N.N.E. Light br. cloudy
	9		—————			15,0	28	6,0	From N.W. S.S.W. Br. cloudy
	10		—————			16,0	28	6,0	E.S.E. E.N.E. Fine breeze, cloudy, a little rain
	11	az.	26	54	19	17,0	28	3,0	N.E.¼E. N.N.E. Fine br. cloudy
	12		—————			17,0	28	2,9	N.N.E. Fine breeze, cloudy
	13	az.	26	45	39	16,0	28	5,0	N.N.E. Little wind, then calm, cloudy, afterwards fine
	14	az.	26	39	00	16,0	28	5,0	E.S.E. E.N.E. Very light breeze, dark
	15		—————			15,0	28	6,3	E.S.E. S.S.E. Mod. br. dark
	16	az.	24	52	11	14,8	28	7,0	S.E. E. Moderate breeze, dark
	17	az.	24	37	4	15,0	28	5,9	E.N.E. Moderate breeze, dark
	18	az.	25	41	00	16,0	28	5,0	N.E. N.N.W. Mod. br. dark
	19	az.	24	26	00	16,0	28	6,0	W.N.W. N.W. Light br. fair
	20	az.	25	36	24	16,0	28	6,5	N.N.E. N.E. Very light br. fair
	21	az.	25	36	00	15,0	28	5,5	E.N.E. N.N.E. Moderate, very fine
	22		—————			15,0	28	3,8	N.N.E. N.N.W. Brisk wind fair
	23		—————			13,9	28	3,6	N.W. S. Brisk, fair, then cloudy
	24		—————			12,0	28	5,6	S. S.S.E. Brisk, cloudy
	25		—————			13,3	28	6,0	S. S.S.W. Light breeze, fair
	26	az.	19	32	54	14,0	28	5,0	W. S. Moderate breeze, fair
	27		—————			13,5	28	5,8	S.W. S.E. Light breeze, fair
	28	sr.	18	44	56	15,0	28	3,0	N.N.W. Brisk. hazy
	29		—————			15,0	28	3,0	N.N.W. Brisk, a fine br. hazy
	30		—————			13,0	27	10,0	W. N. Squally, cloudy, a little rain
	31		—————			10,0	27	11,9	N.W S.W. Hail, brisk wind, hazy, hail
April.	1	az.	13	24	10	10,0	28	7,0	W.S.W. N.N.W. Strong br. hazy, hail
	2		—————			10,0	27	9,0	N.N.W. S.S.W. Strong br. hazy, much hail
	3	az.	17	44	48	8,5	28	2,5	S.S.W. Strong br. hazy, much hail
	4		—————			12,1	28	2,3	S.W. N.W. Fine br. hazy, fair
	5	az.	17	59	16	12,5	28	3,0	W.N.W Fine breeze, hazy, fair
	6		—————			13,0	28	3,2	W.N.W. N.W. strong br. cloudy, fair
	7		—————			11,0	28	1,7	N.W. Brisk. W.S.W. Moderate, cloudy, hazy, rain
	8	sr.	14	58	52	10,8	28	3,0	W.S.W. A fine br. hazy

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

		°	′	″	°	′	″	°	′	″	°	′	″		°	′	″
April.	9	—————			42	36	34	—————			110	8	12	ss.	14	18	30
	10	—————			42	59	32	—————			114	35	14		—————
	11	42	54	33	43	14	43	116	59	18	117	12	4		—————
	12	—————			42	42	46	—————			119	36	2	ss.	8	14	19
	13	—————			41	36	12	—————			120	51	4		—————
	14	42	2	50	42	3	10	123	48	12	123	32	8		—————
	15	43	5	19	42	18	19	—————			127	27	3		—————
	16	42	24	25	42	42	15	128	42	11	129	41	4		—————
	17	—————			44	7	54	—————			131	32	18	ss.	1	54	00
															East.
	18	—————			44	32	36	136	14	4	135	18	18	ss.	2	9	4
	19	43	32	53	44	33	24	138	22	3	139	5	19	ss.	1	59	32
	20	43	48	58	44	8	32	141	59	32	141	59	30	ss.	5	56	40
At Dieman's Land.
May.	14	43	32	19	—————			144	48	4	—————				—————
	16	43	30	53	43	33	36	—————			144	48	2		—————
	18	—————			43	21	13	—————			145	14	4		—————
	25	43	10	55	—————			—————			145	18	2		—————
	26	—————			—————			—————			—————				—————
	27	—————			43	5	2	—————			145	22	1		—————
	28	—————			43	3	6	—————			145	24	2		—————
	29	43	38	23	42	35	32	146	54	19	146	57	19		—————
	30	—————			40	55	4	—————			150	3	8		—————
	31	39	12	34	39	18	2	—————			152	4	1		—————
June.	1	37	16	43	37	14	36	153	48	13	154	20	19		—————
	2	35	34	32	35	28	14	155	38	14	155	52	50	ss.	10	50	4
	3	34	43	57	34	52	38	156	12	18	156	28	4	ss.	10	8	00
	4	34	35	47	34	26	4	158	4	8	157	46	2	ss.	11	22	40
	5	34	52	18	34	38	48	—————			159	12	3	sr.	11	56	34
	6	34	45	52	34	34	12	159	42	54	159	10	2		—————
	7	32	32	36	32	42	48	161	18	24	161	18	54		—————
	8	29	50	54	29	39	54	162	52	14	162	29	6	sr.	12	38	50
	9	29	21	46	28	18	42	163	13	4	163	13	36	ss.	11	54	52
	10	—————			27	38	3	—————			163	32	34	ss.	11	23	34
	11	27	10	49	27	9	19	164	23	10	164	14	8	sr.	11	18	12
	12	25	51	26	25	48	44	165	13	4	165	8	10	ss.	11	42	00
	13	24	42	12	24	42	22	165	28	46	165	13	46	ss.	11	58	14
	14	24	18	00	24	12	44	—————			165	24	6		—————
	15	23	57	43	23	57	33	165	18	00	165	24	00	ss.	11	19	32
	16	23	6	14	23	8	24	165	13	00	164	59	00	ss.	10	40	30

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

			°	′	″	°	p.	l.
April.	9		—————			11,8	28	2,0	N.W. A fine breeze, hazy, fair
	10		—————			11,5	27	11,6	N.W. Brisk g. cloudy, a little rain
	11		—————			10,7	28	1,0	N.W. W. Moderate br. cloudy
	12		—————			8,5	28	0,5	S.W. S. Moderate breeze, squally, cloudy, sleet
	13		—————			9,0	28	3,0	S.E. S.S.E. Very sq. cl. sleet
	14		—————			9,2	27	7,5	S.E. W.S.W. Brisk, fair, sleet
	15	az.	3	54	44	8,5	27	10,0	S.W. Smart g. squally, hazy, sleet
	16		—————			10,0	28	3,1	W.S.W. Fine br. fair, rather hazy
	17		—————			12,0	28	3,0	W.S.W. Smart gale, cloudy, sleet
			East.
	18	az.	2	34	8	12,5	28	4,7	W.S.W. W. Fine breeze, cloudy, some rain
	19		—————			12,0	28	4,5	W. Fine br. cloudy, a little rain at night
	20	az.	5	51	1	11,5	28	1,7	W. Fine br. cloudy, much rain

May.	14	az.	7	38	42	——	———		S.W. Squally, rain, sleet
	16		—————			——	27	6,0	N. Moderate breeze, fair
	18		—————			8,5	27	9,4	N. Mod. breeze, hazy
	25		—————			8,0	28	2,9	W. Little wind, fair
	26		—————			10,0	28	3,0	Calm, cloudy, some rain
	27	az.	8	26	37	10,2	28	2,7	Almost a dead calm, fair
	28		—————			9,0	27	11,0	Calm, a brisk N. wind, serene, afterwards hazy
	29	az.	7	48	00	9,0	27	10,3	N.W. S.W. Brisk, cl. some rain
	30		—————			9,2	27	7,5	S.W. S.S.W. Smart g. cl. sleet
	31		—————			12,0	27	11,5	S.S.E. Smart gale, very unfavourable weather
June.	1		—————			12,5	28	0,5	S. S.S.E. Mod. br. cl. then clear
	2		—————			13,0	28	3,0	S. Mod. br. fair
	3	az.	9	56	59	14,8	28	4,0	S.W. N.W. Light br. fair
	4	az.	11	38	3	14,8	28	3,5	N.N.W Little wind, afterwards mod. br. fair hazy
	5		—————			15,0	28	0,3	N.N.W. N.N.E. Gusts of wind, cl. rain in the night
	6		—————			14,0	27	11,0	N. W. Very variable, little wind, stormy, cloudy, rain
	7		—————			15,0	27	10,0	S.W. S. Mod. br. hazy, sleet
	8	az.	11	48	00	15,0	28	0,5	S.W. Fine br. hazy
	9	az.	11	53	39	15,5	28	2,5	S.W. Mod. br. hazy
	10	sr.	13	8	12	10,0	28	3,0	S.W. Light br. then calm, cloudy
	11		—————			16,4	28	2,3	W.N.W. N.N.W. Light br. fair
	12	az.	11	8	43	17,0	28	2,9	N.W. W. Mod. br. fair
	13	az.	11	38	52	18,0	28	3,0	W. W.S.W. Light br. hazy
	14		—————			18,0	28	3,4	W.S.W. W.N.W Light br. afterwards calm, cloudy
	15	az.	10	45	19	18,0	28	3,5	S.W. Very little wind, cloudy
	16	az.	10	46	8	17,0	28	3,6	W.S.W. Light br. serene

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

		°	′	″	°	′	″	°	′	″	°	′	″		°	′	″
June.	17	22	49	38	22	56	2	164	44	00	165	3	00	ss.	10	34	54
	18	23	4	48	22	56	4	164	35	37	164	24	37	do.	10	17	46
	19	—————			23	4	46	164	7	44	164	16	41	do.	10	38	12
	20	22	42	18	22	39	00	164	7	9	163	24	00		—————
	21	22	6	42	22	9	34	163	36	52	163	29	31	do.	10	33	20
	22	21	49	34	21	44	36	—————			163	00	00	do.	10	26	24
	23	21	38	18	21	36	54	162	49	38	162	49	32	sr.	10	34	8
	24	21	45	27	21	37	27	162	46	29	162	38	54	ss.	10	54	7
	25	21	38	19	21	30	48	162	39	28	162	29	28	do.	10	00	00
	26	21	42	58	21	38	44	162	36	39	162	14	26	do.	10	6	48
	27	21	20	44	21	24	26	162	22	29	161	43	39	do.	9	45	38
	28	20	28	00	20	29	44	161	27	36	161	22	38		—————
	29	20	6	4	20	9	14	161	9	48	161	19	46	sr.	9	6	4
	30	19	26	49	19	27	54	—————			160	46	51		—————
July.	1	18	47	54	18	57	00	160	34	6	160	48	45		—————
	2	18	9	16	18	57	52	—————			160	33	2		—————
	3	17	21	18	17	32	46	159	56	44	160	22	56	ss.	9	38	00
	4	16	46	54	16	45	48	159	32	36	159	34	40	do.	9	4	8
	5	15	45	48	15	54	48	—————			158	54	8	do.	9	14	19
	6	14	27	39	14	17	59	157	38	2	157	49	16	do.	8	17	48
	7	12	48	16	12	48	46	—————			156	18	44	do.	8	9	38
	8	10	52	34	10	56	8	155	17	14	155	17	14		—————
	9	8	51	14	8	47	17	154	34	7	154	34	2	do.	8	34	00
	10	7	26	43	7	31	4	152	54	9	153	8	17		—————
	11	6	59	32	6	58	44	—————			152	46	18	do.	8	14	00
	12	—————			6	37	26	152	18	12	152	30	4		—————
	13	6	13	34	6	24	52	152	9	42	152	5	44		—————
	14	5	43	14	5	44	34	152	5	18	152	2	54		—————
	15	5	5	53	5	22	4	152	6	00	151	52	8	sr.	6	44	26
	16	4	56	8	5	5	30	151	8	42	151	35	18		—————
	17	4	40	58	4	48	00	150	17	3	150	38	3		—————
At New Island.
	24	—————			4	41	00	—————			150	24	00		—————
	25	—————			4	4	31	—————			149	36	4		—————
	26	2	51	39	3	42	00	148	18	43	148	48	40		—————
	27	2	43	45	2	53	15	147	9	7	147	5	2	do.	6	19	38
	28	2	21	48	2	29	36	145	44	52	146	36	22	ss.	6	44	38

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

			°	′	″	°	p.	l.
June.	17	sr.	11	59	0	18,0	28	2,6	S.W. Very little wind, dark
	18	sr.	11	4	37	18,0	28	2,0	S.W. Light breeze, very fine
	19	sr.	10	52	39	17,0	28	1,9	S.S.W. W.S.W. Light br. fair, then hazy.
	20		—————			16,9	28	1,9	S. S.S.W. Light br. brisk, hazy, rain
	21	sr.	10	8	00	17,0	28	3,3	S.S.W. S.S.E. Mod. br. hazy, fair
	22		—————			17,7	28	3,3	S.E. Light breeze, hazy
	23		—————			18,0	28	1,0	E. N.E. N. Light br. hazy, fair
	24	sr.	10	8	00	18,0	28	2,0	From N.W. to S.W. Mod. br. fair
	25	az.	10	4	39	18,0	28	3,0	S.W. S.S.W. Mod. br. fair
	26	sr.	9	58	38	18,0	28	2,3	S.W. Mod. br. light br. hazy
	27		—————			17,9	28	3,5	S.S.W. Light breeze, hazy
	28		—————			17,0	28	4,0	S.S.E. Fine breeze, sleet
	29		—————			18,0	28	4,0	S.E. E.S.E. Fine br. brisk, hazy
	30		—————			18,3	28	4,0	E.S.E. Mod. br. hazy, sleet, rain
July.	1		—————			19,0	28	2,9	E.S.E. E. Mod. br. cl. rain
	2		—————			20,0	28	2,5	E. Mod. br. cloudy
	3		—————			21,0	28	2,0	E.N.E. N.E. Light br. cloudy
	4	sr.	9	6	00	22,0	28	2,0	E.N.E. N.E. Light br. cl. afterwards serene
	5	sr.	9	4	00	20,4	28	1,2	N.E S.S.E. S.E. Light br. cloudy, then serene
	6		—————			20,0	28	1,1	S.E. S.S.E. Mod. br. hazy
	7		—————			20,0	28	1,6	S.E. S.S.E. Mod. br. hazy, rain
	8		—————			20,5	28	1,8	S.S.E. Mod. br. rain, afterwards serene
	9	az.	8	23	15	21,0	28	1,4	S.S.E. Mod. br. cloudy, hazy
	10		—————			21,0	28	1,0	S.S.E. Mod. br. cloudy, hazy
	11		—————			21,6	28	0,5	S.E. Brisk gale, cloudy, with flowers of rain
	12		—————			22,0	28	1,0	S.E. E.S.E. Brisk gale, cl. with showers of rain
	13		—————			21,0	28	1,4	S.E. E.S E. Fair breeze, cloudy
	14		—————			22,0	28	1,0	S.E. E.S.E. Fine br. rather cl.
	15	az.	4	48	7	22,0	28	1,0	E.S.E. S.S.E. Fine br. fair
	16		—————			22,0	28	1,0	S.E. S. Fine br. rain, afterwards fair
	17		—————			22,0	28	1,3	S.S.E. Fine br. cloudy

SS E, Mod. br. violent rain J. S.E. Med. hr. cloudy, fleet . E.S.E. S.E. Fine br. cloudy.