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| A TABLE of the VARIATION of the COMPASS, &c. continued. | ||||||
| TIME. | Latitude in at Noon. | Longitude in at Noon from London. | Variation. | REMARKS. | ||
| 1766. | South. | West. | East. | |||
| October | 31. | P.M. | 12° 5° | 30° 46 | 1° 2° | |
| Novem. | 2. | P.M. | 17 22 | 2 32 | 09 40 | |
| 7. | A.M. | 23 54 | 38 10 | 4 56 | ||
| P.M. | -- -- | -- -- | 5 56 | |||
| 8. | P.M. | 25 49 | 39 21 | 6 45 | Coast of Patagonia. | |
| 11. | A.M. | 29 57 | 42 27 | 8 50 | ||
| 15. | A.M. | 34 12 | 46 41 | 12 00 | ||
| 16. | A.M. | 34 38 | 47 58 | 12 36 | ||
| 17. | A.M. | 34 46 | 48 28 | 13 03 | ||
| P.M. | -- -- | -- -- | 14 20 | |||
| 18. | A.M. | 35 37 | 49 49 | 14 30 | Soundings 54 fathoms of water, with a bottom of fine black sand, rather muddy. | |
| P.M. | -- -- | -- -- | 15 45 | Ditto depth and bottom. | ||
| 20. | P.M. | 36 57 | 51 48 | 15 33 | Ditto depth, fine sand, but not so black, with small shells. | |
| 21. | A.M. | 37 40 | 51 05 | 15 52 | Had no bottom with 80 fathoms of line. | |
| 38 53 | 53 12 | -- -- | Had soundings at 70 fathoms water. | |||
| 40 34 | 53 47 | -- -- | No bottom with 90 fathoms of line. | |||
| 41 34 | 55 39 | -- -- | 45 fathoms, dark brown sandy bottom. | |||
| 41 57 | 56 06 | -- -- | 42 fathoms, fine grey sand. | |||
| 41 06 | 57 18 | -- -- | 46 fathoms, fine dark brown sand. | |||
| 28. | A.M. | 41 14 | 56 48 | 19 00 | 39 fathoms ditto bottom, here we caught very good fish with hooks and lines. | |
| 29. | A.M. | 42 08 | 58 41 | 19 02 | 32 fathoms of water, with ditto bottom. | |
| P.M. | -- -- | -- -- | 19 45 | 33 fathoms depth. | ||
| 43 18 | 58 56 | -- -- | Depth 45 fathoms, the same bottom; we had here a calm, and we caught good fish. | |||
| 44 04 | 58 53 | -- -- | 52 fathoms water, the same bottom. | |||
| 45 00 | 59 34 | ---- | 53 fathoms, fine light brown sand. | |||
| December | 4. | P.M. | 47 00 | 60 51 | 20 20 | |
| 47 15 | 61 10 | -- -- | 60 fathoms, fine dark sand. | |||
| 5. | A.M. | 48 01 | 61 28 | 20 40 | 56 fathoms, with ditto bottom, and grains of sparkling sand mixed with it. | |
| 6. | A.M. | 47 35 | 62 50 | 20 34 | ||
| 47 30 | 63 07 | -- -- | 45 fathoms of water, dark sand, with small stones, and in going west about 10 miles, we had 52 fathoms, a bottom of soft mud. | |||
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© Derived from Volume I of the London 1773 Edition: National Library of Australia call no. FERG 7243, page 670, 2004
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