to keep our other ship company, lest we should lose her again.
     The next morning about break of day, we found ourselves to be at the distance of
     seven or eight leagues to the westward of the island whence we had departed, stan-
     ding W. by S. with a S. by W. wind. About noon that day we had laid the land. Af-
     ter dinner the wind came at S.S.W. at which time we were forced to stay more than
     once for the other vessel belonging to our company.
     On the following day we continued in like manner a west course all the day long.
     Sometimes this day the wind would change, but then in a quarter of an hour it
     would return to S.S.W. again. Hereabouts where we now were, we observed great rip-
     plings of the sea.
     August 20th, yesterday in the afternoon about six o'clock, we stood in S.E., but
     all night and all this day, we had very small winds. We found still that we gai-
     ned very much on the small ship, which did not a little both perplex and hinder
     us in our course.
     The next day likewise we stood in S.E. by S. though with very little wind, which
     sometimes varied, as was mentioned above. That day I finished two quadrants, each
     of which were two feet and a half radius. Here we had in like manner, as has been
     mentioned on other days of our sailings, very many dolphins, and other sorts of
     fish swimming about our ship.
     On the morning following, we saw again the island of Plate at N.E. of our ship,
     giving us this appearance at that distance of prospect:

     The same day at the distance of six leagues more or less from the said island,
     called Solango. This isle lies close in by the mainland. In the evening we obser-
     ved it to bear E.N.E. from us. Our course was S.E. by S. and the wind at S.W. by
     S. This day likewise we found that our lesser ship was still a great hindrance to
     our sailing, being forced to lie by, and stay for her two or three hours every
     day. We found likewise, that the farther from shore we were, the less wind we had
     all along, and that under the shore we were always sure of a fresh gale, though
     not so favourable to us as we could wish it to be. Hitherto we had used to stand
     off forty leagues, and yet notwithstanding, in the space of six days, we had not
     got above ten leagues on our voyage, from the place of our departure.
     August 23rd, this day the wind was S.W. by S. and S.S.W. In the morning we stood
     off. The island of Solango, at N.E. by N. appears thus: