15/70 Wind Variable; course South 30 degrees West; distance 19 miles; latitude 10 degrees 12 minutes South; longitude 256 degrees 41 minutes West. Moderate breezes, with some Squalls, attended with Showers of Rain. Wind West-North-West, North-East; course South 43 degrees West; distance 66 miles; latitude 11 degrees 0 minutes South; longitude 257 degrees 27 West. Very variable weather; sometimes squally, with rain, other times little wind and calms. In the Night died Mr.Charles Green, who was sent out by the Royal Society to observe the Transit of Venus. |