By
Morning Light We Were Got Two Leagues To The Westward Of It; And
Then Were Becalmed All The Morning; And Met Such Whirling Tides,
That When We Came Into Them, The Ship Turned Quite Round:
And
though sometimes we had a small gale of wind, yet she could not feel
the helm when she came into these whirlpools:
Neither could we get
from amongst them, till a brisk gale sprang up: yet we drove not
much any way, but whirled round like a top. And those whirlpools
were not constant to one place but drove about strangely: and
sometimes we saw among them large ripplings of the water, like great
over-falls making a fearful noise. I sent my boat to sound, but
found no ground.
The 18th Cape Mabo bore south, distance nine leagues; by which
account it lies in the latitude of 50 minutes south, and meridian
distance from Cape St. George one thousand two hundred and forty-
three miles. St. John's Isle lies forty-eight miles to the east of
Cape St. George; which being added to the distance between Cape St.
George and Cape Mabo, makes one thousand two hundred and ninety-one
meridional parts; which was the furthest that I was to the east. In
my outward-bound voyage I made meridian distance between Cape Mabo
and Cape St. George, one thousand two hundred and ninety miles; and
now in my return, but one thousand two hundred and forty-three;
which is forty-seven short of my distance going out.
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