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whale kind was seen, which some called a sea-monster. 

 I did not see it myself. In the afternoon, our old 

 companions the pintado peterels began to appear. 



On the 13th, in the morning, the wind veered to 

 W. S. W. At seven, seeing the appearance of land 

 to the S.W. we hauled up towards it, and soon found 

 it to be a bog-bank. Afterwards we steered S. E. by 

 S. and soon after saw a seal. At noon, latitude, by 

 account, 44° 25' , longitude 177° 31' E. Foggy 

 weather, which continued all the afternoon. At six 

 in the evening, the wind veered to N. E. by N. and 

 increased to a fresh gale, attended with thick hazy 

 weather ; course steered E. E. } S. 



On the 14th, A.M., saw another seal. At noon, 

 latitude 45° 54', longitude 179° 29' E. 



On the 15th, A. M., the wind veered to the west- 

 ward ; the fog cleared away, but the weather con- 

 tinued cloudy. At noon, latitude 47° SO', longitude 

 178° 19' W. ; for, having passed the meridian of 

 180° E., I now reckon my longitude west of the first 

 meridian, viz. Greenwich. In the evening heard pen- 

 guins, and the next morning saw some sea or rock 

 weed. At noon a fresh gale from the west and fine 

 weather. Latitude observed 4t>° 33', longitude 

 175° 31' W. 



Next morning fresh gales and hazy weather ; saw 

 a seal and several pieces of weed. At noon, lati- 

 tude 51° 12', longitude 173° 17' W. The wind veered 

 to the north and N.E. by N., blew a strong gale by 

 squalls, which split an old topgallant sail, and obliged 

 us to double-reef the topsails ; but in the evening 

 the wind moderated, and veered to W.N.W. when 

 we loosed a reef out of each topsail, and found the 

 variation of the compass to be 9° 5 C ±' E., being then 

 in the latitude 51° 47', longitude 172° °ZY W.-, and 

 the next morning, the ISth, in the latitude of 5 C Z° %5\ 

 longitude 170° 45' W., it was 10° 2& E. Towards 

 noon, had moderate but cloudy weather, and a great 



