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ward till five o'clock in the evening of the l'2th, 

 when, having made very little way, we tacked and 

 stood to the N. E. being two leagues to the north- 

 ward of Mount Camel, and about a mile and a half 

 from the shore, in w^iich situation we had two-and- 

 twenty fathom water. 



At ten it began to blow and rain, which brought 

 us under double reefed topsails; at twelve we tacked 

 and stood to the westward till seven the next morn- 

 ing, when we tacked and stood again to the N. E., 

 being about a mile to windward of the place where 

 we tacked last night. Soon after it blew very hard 

 at N. N. W. with heavy squalls and much rain, which 

 brought us under our courses, and split the maintop- 

 sail; so that we were obliged to unbend it and bend 

 another : at ten, it became more moderate, and we 

 set the topsails, double reefed: at noon, havino- 

 strong gales and heavy weather, we tacked and stood 

 to the westward, and had no land in sight for the 

 first time since we had been upon this coast. 



We had now strong gales at W. and W. S. W. ^ 

 and at half an hour past three we tacked and stood 

 to the northward. Soon after, a small island lyin*^ 

 off Knuckle Point bore S. i W., distant half a league. 

 In the evening, having split the fore and mizen 

 topsails, we brought the ship under her courses ; and 

 at midnight, we wore, and stood to the southward 

 till five in the morning ; when we tacked and stood 

 to the N. W., and saw land bearing south, at the dis- 

 tance of eight or nine leagues ; by this we discovered 

 that we had fallen much to the leeward since yester- 

 day morning. At noon our latitude by observation 

 was 34° 6' S. ; and the same land which we had seen 

 before to the N. W. now bore S. W.,>and appeared to 

 be the northern extremity of the country. We had a 

 large swell rolling in from the westward, and, there- 

 fore, concluded that we were not covered by any 

 land in that quarter. At eight in the evening, we 

 tacked and stood to the westward, with as much sail 



