On The 18th,
Having The Sun Vertical At Noon, Their Latitude Was 11 Deg.
20' S. and here
a calm began which lasted eleven days.
The 11th March they were in lat.
24 deg. 45' S. and in 28 deg. 10' S. on the 24th.
[Footnote 81: This is an obvious error, as the Straits of Bally are at
the east end of Java, which they must consequently have left on the
N.W. of their course. - E.]
The 19th of April, having been considerably retarded by cross winds and
calms, they were under the necessity to lessen their allowance of water.
At night of the 24th they observed light, as of a fire, on land, about
four miles to the N.W. although they reckoned themselves 200 miles from
the cape, and were not aware of having approached any other land. The
25th, being calm weather, they were enabled to mend their sails, and at
night another fire was observed; and in the morning of the 26th they saw
land. The 3d May they saw land between the east and north, about six
miles off, resembling the end of an island, by which they reckoned
themselves near the cape, and now shaped their course for the island of
St Helena, where they arrived on the 26th. They here refreshed
themselves with fish and some flesh, and laid in a supply of wood and
water; but found goats and fowls hard to be got, and could not procure
any oranges.
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