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the morning a light breeze sprung up at S. W. by W. 

 when we made sail again along the shore N. E. by N. 

 having a large swell from the W. S.W. which had 

 risen in the night ; at noon, our latitude, by observ- 

 ation, was 43 4' S. and our longitude from Cape 

 West 4 12' E. We observed, that the valleys as well 

 as the mountains were this morning covered with 

 snow, part of which we supposed to have fallen dur- 

 ing the night, when we had rain. At six in the even- 

 ing we shortened sail, and at ten brought to, at the 

 distance of about five leagues from the shore, where 

 we had 115 fathom. At midnight, there being little 

 wind, we made sail, and at eight in the morning we 

 stood to the N. E. close upon a wind till noon, when 

 we tacked, being about three leagues from the land, 

 and, by observation, in latitude 42 S', and longitude 

 from Cape West 5 5' E. 



We continued to stand westward till two in the 

 morning, when we made a trip to the eastward, and 

 afterwards stood westward till noon, when, by our 

 reckoning, we were in the latitude 42 23', and lon- 

 gitude from Cape West 3 55' E. We now tacked and 

 stood eastward, with a fresh gale at N. by W. till six 

 in the evening, when the wind shifted to the S. and 

 S. S. W. with which we steered N. E. by N. till six in 

 the morning, when we hauled in E. by N. to make 

 the land, which we saw soon afterwards ; at noon, 

 our latitude, by account, was 41 37', and our longi- 

 tude from Cape West 5 42' E. We were now within 

 three or four leagues of the land, but it being foggy, 

 we could see nothing upon it distinctly, and as we 

 had much wind, and a vast swell rolling in upon the 

 shore, from the W. S. W. I did not think it safe to 

 go nearer. 



In the afternoon, we had a gentle breeze from the 

 S. S. W. with which we steered north along the 

 shore till eight, when, being within between two and 

 three leagues, we sounded, and had but thirty-four 

 fathom ; upon which we hauled off N. W. by N. till 



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