Cape Upright to Cape Providence N.byW.1/2 W. 9 52 57 75 37 Cape Upright to Cape Tamar N.W.byW.1/2 W 18 ---- ---- Cape Upright to Cape Pillar W.1/2 N. 50 52 43 76 52 Cape Pillar to Westminster Island N.E.1/2 N. 15 ---- ---- Cape Pillar to Cape Victory N.W.1/2 N. 28 ---- ---- Cape Pillar to the Islands of W.N.W. 23 52 27 77 19 Direction SECTION IV. _The Passage from the Streight of Magellan to King George the Third's Island, called Otaheite, in the South Sea, with an Account of the Discovery of several other Islands, and a Description of their Inhabitants._ As we continued our course to the westward, after having cleared the streight, we saw a great number of gannets, sheerwaters, pintado birds, and many others, about the ship, and had for the most part strong gales, hazy weather, and heavy seas, so that we were frequently brought under our courses, and there was not a dry place in the ship for some weeks together. At eight in the morning of the 22d, we had an observation, by which we found our longitude to be 95°46'W. and at noon our latitude was 42°24'S. and the variation, by azimuth, 11°6'E. By the 24th, the men began to fall down very fast in colds and fevers, in consequence of the upper works being open, and their clothes and beds continually wet. On the 26th, at four in the afternoon, the variation, by azimuth, was 10°20'E. and at six in the morning of the next day, it was 9°8'E. Our latitude, on the 27th at noon, was 36°54'S. our longitude, by account, 100°W. This day, the weather being moderate and fair, we dried all the people's clothes, and got the sick upon deck, to whom we gave salop, and wheat boiled with, portable soup, every morning for breakfast, and all the ship's company had as much vinegar and mustard as they could use; portable soup was also constantly boiled in their pease and oatmeal. The hard gales, with frequent and violent squalls, and a heavy sea soon returned, and continued with very little intermission. The ship pitched so much, that we were afraid she would carry away her masts, and the men were again wet in their beds. On the 30th, the variation, by azimuth, was 8°30'E. our latitude was 32°50; longitude, by account, 100 W. I began now to keep the ship to the northward, as we had no chance of getting westing in this latitude; and the surgeon was of opinion, that in a little time the sick would so much increase, that we should want hands to work the ship, if we could not get into better weather.