Round bluff small island, west 9º south.
Large island, west 42º south, 7 or eight leagues.
Two small distant islands, west 53º south, 10' leagues.
Small island, south 11º east.
[Sidenote: Soundings.]
[Sidenote: Variation of the compass.]
Extreme of distant land, south 37º east: besides, as usual, innumerable distant islands. The flood tide made against us between ten and eleven. The soundings this morning have been from twenty-three to nineteen fathoms. The weather extremely hot and the water smooth. The ebb made about four, and there being no wind, it carried us rapidly towards some rocks joining two islands. We anchored in twenty-one fathoms. The variation of the compass 2-1/2º westerly. The bearings at anchor this evening were as follows:
[Sidenote: Bearings.]
Small island, south 3º 22' east.
Large island, from south to south 20-1/2º east.