This Is An Excellent Place Of Refreshment, As Besides Abounding
In Beef And Mutton, There Is Plenty Of Good Fish, All Kinds Of Fowls,
And Great Store Of Fat Deer, Though We Could Not Kill Any Of These.
It
has likewise excellent streams of fresh water, and a most healthful
climate.
We landed eighty or ninety sick, who were lodged in tents, and
they all recovered their health in eighteen days, save one who died.
From the 7th to the 28th June, when we set sail from Saldanha bay, we
had continual fine weather, the sun being very warm, and the air
pleasant and wholesome.
[Footnote 74: One of the ships appears to have been separated from the
fleet, but it does not appear which. - E.]
We sailed from Saldanha road on the 28th June, and were 100 leagues to
the east of Cabo das Aguilhas before we found any current, but it was
then strong. The 31st July at noon, we found the latitude 17 deg. 8' S. our
longitude being 20 deg. 47' E. and at four p.m. we saw the island of Juan
de Nova, distant four leagues E.S.E.[75] Its size, and I think we saw
it all, is about three or four miles long, all very low and rising from
the sea like rocks. Off the west end we saw breakers, yet could not get
ground with a line of 150 fathoms, sounding from our boat. The latitude
of this island, observed with great accuracy, is 17 deg.,[76] and it seems
well laid down in our charts, both in regard to latitude and longitude.
It is a most sure sign of being near this island, when many sea fowl are
seen, and we accordingly saw there ranch fowl, some white, having their
wings tipped only with black, and others all black.
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