Roggewein's account of an iſle in this Latitude, differs ſo much from Eaſter Iſle, that I cannot ſuppoſe it to be the ſame. Mr. Wafer, who was ſurgeon with Captain Davis, in 1685, and after whom land in this Latitude is named, differs very widely from Roggewein's account, and alſo Captain Cook.
If I had not found theſe iſles, the potatoes which I entertained the hopes of procuring at Eaſter Iſle, would have enabled me to lengthen my voyage, and to double Cape Horn in the ſummer ſeaſon.
June 22.On the twenty-ſecond at noon, we made the Iſles Saint Ambroſe and Saint Felix, and prepared every thing for landing. During the laſt twenty-four hours, the wind had hauled to the Southward, and we had to beat up againſt it. Throughout the night it blew very ſtrong in ſqualls, while the ſhip laboured very much, and the leak increaſed ſo as to keep both pumps employed. By the quantity of water perceived in the hold, we ſuſpected that it ruſhed in forward, and that part of the wooding ends were ſtarted.
