[With
India Fleet, Homeward Bound]
19th. Cloudy, unsettled weather, with some rain. In the A.M. found
the Variation by the Amplitude and Azimuth 7 degrees 40 minutes West.
Hoisted a Boat out, and sent on board the Houghton for the Surgeon, Mr.
Carret, in order to look at Mr. Hicks, who is so far gone in a Consumption
that his Life is dispair'd of. Observation at Noon 16 Miles to
the Northward of the Log. Wind South-East to South by East; course North
20 degrees West; distance 98 miles; latitude 4 degrees 32 minutes North,
longitude 21 degrees 58 minutes West.
20th. Dark, cloudy, unsettled weather, with rain. At Noon the Observ'd
Latitude was 27 Miles to the Northward of the Log. Sailing in Company
with the Fleet. Wind Variable between the South and East; course North
19 degrees West; distance 70 miles; latitude 5 degrees 38 minutes North,
longitude 22 degrees 21 minutes West.
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