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swell from the west : some penguins and pieces of 

 sea-weed seen. 



On the 19th, steered E.S.E. with a very fresh gale 

 at N.,hazy, dirty weather. At noon, latitude 53° 43', 

 longitude 166° 15' W. 



On the 20th, steered E. by S. with a moderate 

 breeze at N. attended with thick hazy weather. At 

 noon, latitude 54° 8', longitude 162° 18' W. 



On the 21st, winds mostly from the N. E. a fresh 

 gale attended with thick, hazy, dirty weather. Course 

 S.E. by S., latitude, at noon, 55° 31', longitude 

 160° 29' W. ; abundance of blue peterels and some 

 penguins seen. 



Fresh gales at N. W. by N. and N. by W., and hazy 

 till towards noon of the 22d, when the weather cleared 

 up, and we observed in latitude 55° 48' S., longitude 

 156° 56' W. In the afternoon had a few hours' calm ; 

 after that, the wind came at S. S. E. and S. E. by S. 

 a light breeze, with which we steered east northerly. 

 In the night the aurora australis was visible, but very 

 faint, and no ways remarkable. 



On the 23d, in the latitude of 55° 46' S., longitude 

 156° 13' W., the variation was 9° 42' E. We had a 

 calm from ten in the morning till six in the evening, 

 when a breeze sprung up at west ; at first it blew a 

 gentle gale, but afterwards freshened. Our course 

 was now E. -£ N. 



On the 24th, a fresh breeze at N. W. by W. and 

 N. by W. At noon, in latitude 55° 38' $., longitude 

 153° 37' W., foggy in the night, but next day had 

 a fine gale at N. W. attended with clear pleasant 

 weather ; course steered E; by N. In the evening, 

 being in the latitude of 55° 8' S., longitude 148° 10' 

 W. the variation, by the mean of two compasses, was 

 6°35'iE. 



Having a steady fresh gale at N.N.W. on the 26th 

 and 27th, we steered east, and at noon, on the latter, 

 were in latitude 55° 6' S., longitude 188° 56' W. 



1 now gave up all hopes of finding any more land 



