On The 20th, In The
Latitude Of 13 Degrees 45 Minutes, And In The Longitude Of 193
Degrees 35 Minutes, We Had Dark, Cloudy Weather, Much Rain, Thick
Fogs, And A Rolling Sea, On All Sides The Wind Variable.
On the
26th, in the latitude of 9 degrees 48 minutes south, and in the
longitude of 193 degrees 43 minutes, we had a north-west wind,
having every day, for the space of twenty-one days, rained more or
less.
On March 2nd, in the latitude of 9 degrees 11 minutes south,
and in the longitude of 192 degrees 46 minutes, the variation was 10
degrees to the east, the wind and weather still varying. On March
8th, in the latitude of 7 degrees 46 minutes south, and in the
longitude of 190 degrees 47 minutes, the wind was still variable.
CHAPTER XIII: HE ARRIVES AT THE ARCHIPELAGO OF ANTHONG JAVA.
On the 14th, in the latitude of 10 degrees 12 minutes south, and in
the longitude of 186 degrees 14 minutes, we found the variation 8
degrees 45 minutes to the east. We passed some days without being
able to take any observation, because the weather was all that time
dark and rainy. On March 20th, in the latitude of 5 degrees 15
minutes south, and in the longitude of 181 degrees 16 minutes, the
weather being then fair, we found the variation 9 degrees eastward.
On the 22nd, in the latitude of 5 degrees 2 minutes south, and in
the longitude of 178 degrees 32 minutes, we had fine fair weather,
and the benefit of the east trade wind.
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