200° 13ʹ 0ʺ E. Time-keeper { Greenwich rate, 202 0 0 { Ulietea rate, 200 21 0 The latitude of the road, by the } mean of two meridian observations } 21 56 15 N. of the sun } The observations for the variation of the compass did not agree very well among themselves. It is true, they were not all made exactly in the same spot. The different situations, however, could make very little difference. But the whole will be best seen by casting an eye on the following table. East Mean Time. Latitude. Longitude. Compass. Variation. Variation. Jan. { Gregory’s 10° 10ʹ 10ʺ } 18th. A. M. 21° 12ʹ 200° 41ʹ { Knight’s 9 20 5 } 9° 51ʹ 38ʺ { Martin’s 10 4 40 } 19th. P. M. 21 51 200 20 { Knight’s 10 2 10 } 10 37 20 { Gregory’s 11 12 30 } { Gregory’s 9 1 20 } 28th. A. M. 21 22 199 56 { Knight’s 9 1 25 } 9 26 57 { Martin’s 10 18 5 } { Gregory’s 11 21 15 } 28th. P. M. 21 36 199 50 { Knight’s 10 40 0 } 11 12 50 { Martin’s 11 37 50 } Means of } 21 29 200 12 } - - 10 17 11 the above} } On Jan. 18th. 21 12 200 41 the north end of the needle dipped 42° 1ʹ 7ʺ. The tides at the Sandwich Islands are so inconsiderable, that with the great surf which broke against the shore, it was hardly possible to tell at any time whether we had high or low water, or whether it ebbed or flowed. On the south side of Atooi, we generally found a current setting to the westward or north-westward; but when we were at anchor off Oneeheow, the current set nearly N. W. and S. E., six hours one way, and six the other, and so strong as to make the ships tend, though the wind blew fresh. This was certainly a regular tide, and as far as I could judge, the flood came from the N. W.