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On the 8th, the wind was at North ; a gentle breeze, v/ith Sunday 8. 

 clear weather. On the 9th, in the latitude of 39;°, we had Monday 9. 

 'eight hours calm. This was fucceeded by the wind from 

 the South, attended with fair weather. Availing ourfelves 

 of this, as many of our people as could handle a needle, 

 were fet to work to repair the fails ; and the carpenters were 

 employed to put the boats in order. 



On the 1 2th at noon, being then in the latitude of 38° 14' Thurfday u. 

 and in the longitude of 206° 17', the wind returned back to 

 the Northward; and, on the 15th, in the latitude of 33° 30', Sunday 15. 

 it veered to the Eaft. At this time, we faw a tropic bird, and 

 a dolphin j the firft that wchad obfervcd during the paffage. 

 On the 17th, the wind veered to the Southward, where it Tuefday i-. 

 continued till the afternoon of the 19th, when a fquall of 

 wind and rain brought it at once round by the Weft to the 

 North. This was in the latitude of 32° 26', and in the longi- 

 tude of 207° 30'. 



The wind prefently increafed to a very ftrong gale, at- 

 tended with rain, fo as to bring us under double-reefed top- 

 fails. In lowering down the main top-fail to reef it, the 

 wind tore it quite out of the foot rope ; and it was fplit in fe- 

 veral other parts. This fail had only been brought to the 

 yard the day before, after having had a repair. The next 

 morning, we got another top-fail to the yard. This gale Wednef. 18. 

 proved to be the forerunner of the trade-wind, which in la- 

 titude 25° veered to Eaft, and Eaft South Eaft. 



I continued to fleer to the Southward, till day-light in the 

 morning of the 25th, at which time we were in the latitude WcJncf. 3;. 

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