VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS.
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may be uſeful to whalers or cruizers, by offering a place where their ſick may be landed, and cocoa nuts procured, whoſe milk will ſupply the want of water. This iſland, according to my obſervations, lies in Latitude 7° 15′ North, and Longitude 82° 40′ Weſt. The quicaras conſiſt of two iſles: the larger one is about ſix or ſeven miles, and the leſſer about two or three miles, in length; they lay North and South of each other, with but a ſmall ſpace between them; and diſtant from the South end of Quibo, about twelve miles. The leaſt of theſe iſles is entirely covered with cocoa trees; and the larger one bears an equal appearance of leafy verdure, but very few of the trees which produce it are of the cocoa kind.
The whole of my ſhip's company longed ſo much to get ſome good water to their bad bread, and our ſucceſs in fiſhing had fallen ſo ſhort of our expectations, that I was induced to quit the whaling ſooner than I ſhould otherwiſe have done: therefore on February 8.the eighth day of February at Noon, we rounded the South end of Quibo, the Latitude by obſervation being 7° 19′ 25″ North, ſoundings thirty-eight fathoms. The South point of Quibo bearing South 42° Weſt, the North Eaſt point bearing North 45° Weſt, and Cape Mariato bearing Eaſt 4° 30′ South. We had light airs and pleaſant