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availed but little. They wept both in public and in 

 private ; and made their lamentations in a kind of 

 song, which, as far as we could comprehend the 

 meaning of the words, was expressive of their praises 

 of their country and people, from which they were 

 to be separated for ever. Thus they continued for 

 many days, till their sea-sickness wore off, and the 

 tumult of their minds began to subside. Then these 

 fits of lamentation became less and less frequent, and 

 at length entirely ceased. Their native country and 

 their friends were, by degrees, forgot, and they ap- 

 peared to be as firmly attached to us, as if they had 

 been born amongst us. 



The wind had not remained many hours at S., 

 before it veered to S. E. and E. ; and, with this, we 

 stood to the N., till the 28th at noon. Being then 

 in the latitude of 41 17', and in longitude of 177 

 17' E., we tacked and stood to the S. E., with a 

 gentle breeze at E. N. E. It afterward freshened, 

 and came about to N. E. ; in which quarter it con- 

 tinued two days, and sometimes blew a fresh gale 

 with squalls, accompanied with showers of rain. 



On the 2d of March at noon, being in the 

 latitude of 42 35' 30", longitude 180 8' E. the 

 wind shifted to north-west; afterward to south- 

 west; and between this point and north it con- 

 tinued to blow, sometimes a strong srale with hard 

 squalls, and at other times very moderate. With 

 this wind we steered north-east by east and east, 

 under all the sail we could carry, till the 11th at 

 noon, at which time we were in the latitude of 

 39 W, longitude 196 4/ E. 



The wind now veered to north-east and south- 

 east, and I stood to the north, and to the north-east, 

 as the wind would admit, till one o'clock in the 

 morning on the l6th, when having a more favour- 

 able gale from the north, I tacked and stood to the 

 east, the latitude being 33 40', and the longitude 

 198 50' E. We had light airs and calms by turns, 



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