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against the other, made the ship both roll and pitch 

 exceedingly; but, at length, the N. W. swell prevailed. 

 The calm continued till noon the next day, when it 

 was succeeded by a gentle breeze from S. E., which 

 afterwards increased, and veered to S. W. With this 

 we steered N. E. by E., and E. by N., under all the 

 sail we could set. 



In the afternoon of the 3d, being in latitude 60 

 13', longitude 110 18', the variation was 39 4', west. 

 But the observations by which this was determined, 

 were none of the best ; being obliged to make use 

 of such as we could get, during the very few and 

 short intervals when the sun appeared. A few pen- 

 guins were seen this day, but not so many islands 

 of ice as usual. The weather was also milder ; 

 though very changeable ; thermometer from 36 to 

 38. We continued to have a N. W. swell, although, 

 the wind was unsettled, veering to N. E. by the west 

 and north, attended with hazy, sleet, and drizzling 

 rain. 



We prosecuted our course to the east, inclining to 

 the south, till three o'clock in the afternoon of the 

 4th, when (being in the latitude of 60 .37', longitude 

 113 24') the wind shifting at once to S. W. and S. W. 

 by S., I gave orders to steer E. by N. -j-N. But in 

 the night we steered E. - S. in order to have the 

 wind, which was at S. S. W., more upon the beam ; 

 the better to enable us to stand back, in case we fell 

 in with any danger in the dark. For we had not so 

 much time to spare, to allow us to lie to. 



In the morning of the 5th, we steered E. by N. 

 under all the sail we could set, passing one ice-island 

 and many small pieces, and at nine o'clock the wind, 

 which of late hadnotremainedlonguponany one point, 

 shifted all at once to east, and blew a gentle gale. 

 With this we stood to the north, at which time we 

 were in the latitude of 60 44' south, and longitude 

 11 6 50' east. The latitude was determined by the 

 meridian altitude of the sun, which appeared, now 



