se observations, the longitude of the road is

200 deg. 13' 0" East.
Time-keeper / Greenwich rate, 200 deg. 0' 0"
\ Ulietea rate, 200 deg. 21' 0"
The latitude of the road, by the \
mean of two meridian observations } 21 deg. 56' 15" North.
of the sun /

The observations for the variation of the compass did not agree very
well among themselves. It is true, they were not all made exactly
in the same spot. The different situations, however, could make very
little difference. But the whole will be seen, by casting an eye on
the following table.

Time. Latitude. Longitude. Compass. East Mean
variation. Variation.
Jan. 18th. A.M. 21 deg. 12' 200 deg. 41' Gregory's 10 deg. 10' 10"\
Knight's 9 deg. 20' 5" } 90 deg. 51' 38"
Martin's 10 deg. 4' 40"/

19th. P.M. 21 deg. 51' 200 deg. 20' Knight's 10 deg. 2' 10"\ 10 deg. 37' 10"
Gregory's 11 deg. 12' 30"/

28th. A.M. 21 deg. 22' 199 deg. 56' Gregory's 9 deg. 1' 20"\
Knight's 9 deg. 1' 25" } 9 deg. 26' 57"
Martin's 10 deg. 18' 5"/

28th. P.M. 21 deg. 36' 199 deg. 50' Gregory's 11 deg. 21' 15"\
Knight's 10 deg. 40' 0" } 11 deg. 12' 50"
Martin's 11 deg. 37' 50"/

Means of the} 21 deg. 29' 200 deg. 12' 10 deg. 17' 11"
above }

On January 18. 21 deg. 12' 200 deg. 41' the north end of
the needle dipped 42 deg. 1' 7".

The tides at the Sandwich Islands are so inconsiderable, that, with
the great surf which broke against the shore, it was hardly possible
to tell, at any time, whether we had high or low water, or whether
it ebbed or flowed. On the south side of Atooi, we generally found a
current setting to the westward, or north-westward. But when we
were at anchor off Oneeheow, the current set nearly north-west and
south-east, six hours one way and six the other, and so strong as to
make the ships tend, though the wind blew fresh. This was certainly
a regul