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fell a victim to this disease. The inclement weather had a more fatal effect on the colonial cattle, three of the heifers dying shortly after we left the Cape.
It was our intention to make the island of St. Paul's, in order to verify our chronometers[1], which were at this
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- ↑ The chronometers on board were constructed by Mr. Mudge, No 8, and No 12. The rate given in England continued without variation to Tristan d'Acunha, but in the run from thence to the Cape we found an error of half a degree of longitude, that is, a loss of two minutes of time. On the 29th of August, No 8 stopped without any apparent cause, and the next day resumed its going; this prevented any dependence being placed on it for the rest of the passage. At Port Philip and Port Jackson, the rates were again ascertained by daily observations, and they continued to agree, until a few days after leaving Port Jackson, when No 8 again stopped. No 12 agreed perfectly with the landfall of Cape Horn, but on our arrival at Rio Janeiro we found an error of 75 miles of longitude to the westward; being a loss of five minutes of time from Port Jackson to Rio, for the given longitude of Cape Horn could not be depended on.
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