An account of several late voyages and discoveries

·136 .A V~age made by Captain Tafman Traitor, and Horn~(e ljland; thcy had thc Wind at S. E. and E. S. E. Febrtta,y 6. In South Latitudc 17 d. 2 9 111. Longitude 2 o 1 d. 35 111. they wcrc intricatcd among about 1 8 or ·2 o Iflands, which wcrc all cncompaffed with Sands, Shoals,. Banks :ind Rocks, which Iílands are markcd in thc Ch.ms by the Namc of Prince Williams Ijland,-, and Hw11kirks Shoal... .Febmary s. In S. Latitud e 1 5 d. 2 9 111. Longi– tude I 99 d. 3 1 m. they had a g1·cat deal of Hain, and hard \Vind out of thc N. E. and N. N. E. with hafcy and dark Weathcr, and fcaring ktl thcy might be more W cfiwardJy than by thcir Rcckoning, that thcy might not fall to thc Somh~ wards of NrnJa Greinea, or on unknown Coalls; alfo by rcafon of thc windy dark W cather, thcy concluded to go on N. or N. N. . W. to 4, ~, or 6 d. of S. Latitude, and thcn away W. to No-.:11 Guinea, and fo to be in lcfs dJngcr. Februarj 14. In South Latitude 16 d. 3 o 111. Longirndc 193 d. 3 5 m. till this time they lud evcry day Rain with Storms, but now ~twas more · Calm; they halcd the Ship Seahaen, and found thcir Rcckonings to agrcc. Feb. io. In S. Lat. 13 d. 4.5 111. Long. 193 d. 3 5 m. they had füll thick, dark, miíl:y and rainy \Veathcr, thc Sea coming out of all ~arters, and the \Vind variable. f'ef¡. 26. Lar. S. 9 d. 48 111. Long. 193 d. 43 m. the Wind was con!bntly N. iV. They had not had one dry day in tWl?nty eme. Marcb ~. Lat. S. 9 d. 11 11J. Longit. 19~ l 46 m. N,E~ var. to d. d1-~ W~.1it~ef ªpd Vvi~d \'.lq~~