Narrative of the surveying voyages of his majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle (vol.2- Appendix): between the years 1826 and 1836 : describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagles's circumnavigation of the globe
TABLE LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, AND VARIATION OF THE COMPASS, ALSO TIME OF SYZYGIAL HIGH WATER, RISE OF TIDE, AND DIRECTION OR SET OF FLOOD TIDE STREAM IN THE OFFING. ENGLAND. Devonport — Clarence Baths — at high water"! mark.inthe meridian of GovernmentHouseJ Falmouth — Pendennis Castle AZORES ISLANDS. Terceira — Mount Brazil — summit St Michael's— St. Braz Castle CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. St. Jago — Port Praya — Quail Island, the "I west point (called also Gun Point) .( St. Paul — Penedo, or Penado de San Pedro ~l^ — summit J BRAZIL. Fernando de Noronha — Fort Concepgdo ... Pernambuco — Fort Picao Bahia — Fort San Pedro Bahia — intheoffing Abrolhos — Santa Barbara e. summit Rio de Janeiro — Villegagnon Islet — well . Santa Catharina — Anhatomirim Islet — flag-1 staff J PLATA. Buenos Ayres — landing-place (mole) Montevideo — Rat Island Gorriti — well at n.e. end Point Piedras — extremity of gi'assy part River Sanborombon — entrance of River Salado — entrance of San Antonio, Cape — north extremity, above\ high water ... J PAMPA. Medano Chato— summit of Medano Silla— summit of Medanos Point — south-east summit Mar Chiquito — bar of Corrientes Cape — eastern summit Mogotes Point— south-east summit Ventana Mount — highest summit San Andres Point— south-east high cliff ... Hernieneg Point Gueguen River Black Point — cliff summit Argentino Fort Nakedness Point — southern summit Wells— Anchorstock Hill -(Point Johnson) Lat. North. Long. West. 50 22 00 50 08 33 38 38 35 37 43 58 14 54 02 o 55 30 SOUTH. 3 50 00 8 3 35 12 59 20 13 00 00 17 57 42 22 54 40 27 25 31 34 35 30 34 53 20 34 57 02 35 26 50 35 41 40 35 43 15 36 18 30 36 28 00 36 37 10 36 59 05 37 47 30 38 05 30 10 36 1" 45 17 20 38 22 40 38 36 00 38 39 00 38 43 50 38 49 40 38 56 55 38 38 38 4 10 00 5 02 45 27 13 00 25 40 15 23 30 00 29 22 00 32 25 00 34 5' 30 38 30 45 38 20 00 38 41 30 43 08 45 48 34 45 58 21 53 56 13 15 54 57 35 57 05 11 57 18 45 67 19 15 56 45 51 56 40 15 56 40 55 56 40 43 57 21 45 57 29 15 57 30 35 61 56 18 57 39 05 57 51 45 58 40 00 58 47 30 62 14 41 59 36 55 61 58 30 Van West. 25 00 24 10 24 19 24 15 16 30 / 15-I6 V Unl83i; 9 30 7 00 5 54 4 18 2 00 EAST. 2 00 6 30 11 40 12 40 12 28 12 30 12 30 12 30 13 00 13 30 13 50 14 00 14 00 15 20 15 00 H.W. h. m. 5 17 5 35 2 30 o 15 Noon. 4 00 4 23 3 30 about noon when at all regu- lar. Noon. 11 00 10 40 10 00 9 55 8 20 5 51 R. &S. Feet. 20 E. 17 E. 6 7 5 N.W. w. N. s. s. . w. Varble. Varble. 8 N.E. 8 N.E.
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