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on that day; and their respective errors were deduced by allowing 1ʰ 19′ 40″,47 to be the longitude in time of Simon's Bay. The watch was intended to be taken up rivers, and to such places as the ship did not go; and in order to gain some knowledge of its probable performance, I wore it five days in the pocket. Its rate of losing during that time, was from 11″,59 to 8″,79 per day; so that upon the average, it lost 7″ less in the pocket than when in a fixed situation; for the above rate of 17″,27 was what it kept in the box, during the last three days. Arnold's No. 82 altered its rate on the last day, from 2″98 to 1′18″,68, without any apparent cause; no rate could therefore be fixed for it, with any probability of its being kept. Of the excellent watch No. 465 of Earnshaw, being Mr. Crosley's private property, we were deprived at the same time with the astronomer; he also took with him the reflecting circle, No. 74 of Troughton, both of which I considered to be an addition to our loss.

So soon as the corresponding altitudes of Sunday afternoon were obtained, I took on board the time keepers and instruments, with the tents and observatory. The ship was then ready for sea; but the wind blew a gale from the south-eastward, which continued, until Tuesday. It then fell calm, and we unmoored; but before getting under way, the same wind again set in, and obliged us to drop a second anchor.