For, as I have already observed, they had such bad eyes, that they could not see us till we came close to them.

We did always give them victuals, and let them go again, but the islanders, after our first time of being among them, did not stir for us."* (*Footnote.

Dampier volume 1 page 464 et seq.) At this anchorage we perceived very little rise and fall of tide, and the flood and ebb both set to the northward, this was also the case at our anchorage within the Lacepede Islands.

At four o'clock the next morning a strong south-easterly breeze sprang up, and moderated again before we weighed; but no sooner were we under sail than it freshened again, and, at half-past five o'clock, blew so strong as to oblige our double reefing the topsails, which had not been done for many weeks before.

At noon the wind fell, and was very calm, at which time our latitude observed was 17 degrees 36 minutes 38 seconds.