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This Afternoon, by the mean of Several Azimuths and the Amplitude, found the Variation to be 0 degrees 34 minutes East, from which it appears that about the aforegoing Noon we have Crossed the Line of no Variation in the Latitude of 10 degrees 38 minutes South, and, according to the following Observations, in 32 degrees 0 minutes West longitude from Greenwich.
I had just finished reading the proofs of the aforegoing, when I received a letter from my friend, a part of which I have decided to insert here. "It is now some time since you heard from me, and I am scribbling this hurried note to tell you that I am still alive and well.
Cazenove, on his part, had but a single motive, to wit he found that these lands were all I had to give, and that a suit would have produced only expense. The aforegoing facts are substantially known to Le Roy, Bayard, and McEvers, and to Harrison and Ogden.
At 3 hours 30 minutes 39 seconds Apparent time p.m. the observed distance of the sun and moon's nearest Limb was 52 degrees 42 minutes 30 seconds; the Altitude of the sun's lower limb 32 degrees 39 minutes; the Altitude of the moon's lower limb 58 degrees 36 minutes; the longitude of the Ship from the aforegoing Observations 23 degrees 33 minutes 33 seconds West from Greenwich, differing 13 minutes from those made this Morning or Yesterday, the Ship laying all the time becalmed.
Cazenove, on his part, had but a single motive, to wit he found that these lands were all I had to give, and that a suit would have produced only expense. The aforegoing facts are substantially known to Le Roy, Bayard, and McEvers, and to Harrison and Ogden.
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