An account of several late voyages and discoveries

130 A Voyage made by Captaill Tafman Sth. of Oéfobcr they dcpartcd from thcncc and wcnt nearly South, till thc 40, or 41 d. havino N. TIT. var. 23, 24, and 25 a. to thc 22d. o~ Otlobe,·. From that time thcy borc away Ean° f omcwhat Southwardly, ~ill thc 29th, wh,~ ther wcre in South Latitudc 45 d. 47 m. Longi.. 89 a. 44m.- Var. N. W. z6 d. The 6th of Nr.– 'Ve1nber thcy wcrc in South Lat~rude 4~ d. 4 m. Long1t. 114d. 56111. N. W. var. z6 d. w1th much dircy,mifty, windy, and gufty Wcathcr and with hollow W aves out of thc S. W. and S. fo that wc could not conccivc thcrc could be ar.y Land ver}' ncar upon thcfc Points. NO<Ve1~her I j, Latitude S. 44 d. 3 m. Longitude ·I 40 d. 3 2 111. N. W. var. 1 8 d. 3o 111. which decrcafed a pace fo th~ ~ on the z 1 ft. being in 1 58 d. Longit, th Variation was nomore than 4 d. Thc 2 2 d. bein thc ncxt day, thcir Compafs would not ftand fi~ as it ought; thercfore thcy gueífed thcrc w hcrc fome Mines of Load-fionc., for that th · Compafs ftood not ftill upon any of thc cigi Points. Thc 24th of NO'V. in South Latitu 42 d. 2 5 ,n. and their middle I.ongit. of 163 5o m. thcy faw Land E. by N. difiant from thc ro Mil!:s~ which chey named Anthony ~tm D; mm!' Laí!d. Herc the Compafs ftood right this L.1nd in thc Longitudc of 163 d. 5o 111. Th had nrnch Hormy bad Weathcr., fo thcy w away S. by E. along the Coaft to -44 d. of So : I..~tin~dc, whcrc thc Land runs away E. and N. E. and northcrly : Herc in che Longic 167 d. 5 5 111. and Latitudc 43 d. 1 o m. can;e tJ anchor in a ·BJv... wbich on thc 1R -- .,M Dm