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Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook: with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods

CHAPTER IV
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From the same cause, the captain himself and several of his people had their fingers and toes chilblained.

For some days afterward, the cold considerably abated; but still it could not be said that there was summer weather, according to our commander's ideas of summer in the northern hemisphere, as far as sixty degrees of latitude, which was nearly as far as he had then been.
As he proceeded on his voyage, from the 28th of February to the 11th of March, he had ample reason to conclude, from the swell of the sea and other circumstances, that there could be no land to the south, but what must lie at a great distance.
The weather having been clear on the 13th and 14th, Mr.Wales had an opportunity of getting some observations of the sun and moon; the results of which, reduced to noon, when the latitude was 58 deg.

22' south, gave 136 deg.

22' east longitude.

Mr.Kendal's and Mr.Arnold's watches gave each of them 134 deg.


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