the distance she has run by the log, and of her course steered by the compass; and by rectifying these data by the usual allowance for drift, lee-way, &c., according to the ship's known trim. This reckoning, however, is always to be corrected, as often as any good observation of the sun can be obtained.in Geography, a lake of Judea, into which the river Jordan discharges itself; being about 70 miles long and 20 broad. See ASPHALTITES.