After leaving Easter Island, I steered north-west by north, and north-north-west, with a fine easterly gale, intending to touch at the Marquesas, if I met with nothing before I got there. We had not been long at sea, before the bilious disorder made another attack upon me, but not so violent as the former. I believe this second visit was owing to my exposing and fatiguing myself too much at Easter Island. On the 22d, being in the latitude of 19° 20ʹ S., longitude 114° 49ʹ W., steered north-west. Since leaving Easter Island, the variation had not been more than 3° 4ʹ, nor less than 2° 32ʹ E.; but on the 26th, in latitude 15° 7ʹ S., longitude 119° 45ʹ W., it was no more than 1° 1ʹ E., after which it began to increase. On the 29th, being in latitude 10° 20ʹ, longitude 123° 58ʹ W., altered the course to west north-west, and the next day to west, being then in latitude 9° 24ʹ, which I judged to be the parallel of the Marquesas; where, as I have before observed, I intended to touch in order to settle their situation, which I find different in different charts. Having now a steady settled trade-wind, and pleasant weather, I ordered the forge to be set up, to repair and make various necessary articles in the iron way, and the calkers had already been some time at work calking the decks, weather-works, &c. As we advanced to the west, we found the variation to increase but slowly; for, on the 3d of April, it was only 4° 40ʹ E., being then in the latitude 9° 32ʹ, longitude 132° 45ʹ, by observation made at the same time.