,
and made sail.

From the 16th to the 18th, we had squally unsettled weather,
attended with thunder, lightning, and heavy rain. Our latitude at
noon on the 20th, was 08 deg. 45' north, the longitude 30 deg.
16' west, and the variation by azimuth 7 deg. 52' west: the wind
blew strong from the north-east, which occasioned a very high
sea.

On the 22d, John Miles was punished for sleeping on his watch,
neglect of duty, and contemptuous behaviour.

In the morning of the 28th, having a strong gale of wind at
east, we clewed up the sails, and kept the vessel before the sea,
whilst the masts were stayed, and the rigging set up; which being
completed, and the weather growing moderate, we made sail. During
the forenoon, we saw a deal of gulph weed. Our latitude was
20 deg. 25' north, and the longitude 37 deg. 06' west.

On the 1st of April, we mustered the ship's company, and read
the articles of war to them: our observation at noon, gave
29 deg. 14' north latitude, the longitude was 39 deg. 05' west,
and the variation of the compass 07 deg. 45' west. On the 5th, we
had 11 deg. 04' westerly variation; our latitude, at that time,
was 35 deg. 39' north, and the longitude, by lunar observation,
36 deg. 16' west. The trade wind had now left us, and we had
strong breezes generally from the north-west quarter. The
variation, by azimuth, on the 13th, was 22 deg. 00' west; the
latitude at noon being 47 deg. 09' north, and the longitude
17 deg. 46' west.

In the morning of the 15th, we saw several vessels standing to
the westward, and at ten o'clock, spoke a sloop from Bristol,
bound to Saint Michael's. At six o'clock in the afternoon of the
17th, we sounded and struck the ground in sixty-five fathoms,
over a bottom of fine sand, mixed with black specks. Our latitude
at noon, on the 19th, was 49 deg. 23', and the longitude, by
lunar observation, 6 deg. 56' west. At four o'clock in the
morning of the 20th, we saw the land, bearing north-north-west,
and at noon the Lizard bore from north-north-east, to north-east
by east, five miles distant.

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Transactions at Norfolk Island

The following particulars, respecting NORFOLK-ISLAND, which
comprehend the substance of Lieutenant-Governor King's latest
dispatches, being dated the 29th of December, 1791; and which
were received the 30th of November 1792, by the William and Anne
transport, that ought to have touched at Port Jackson, but was
forced by contrary winds to bea