52 AVOYAGETO 



i?'^- Havins: q;'iven Captain Gierke a copy of my inftruc^ions, 



November. i ,- o- ,- i j • r c r 



< ^..1 and an order directing him now to proceed in cale or Icpa- 



Saturday 30. ration ; in the morning of the 30th, we repaired on board. 

 At five in the afternoon a breeze fprung up at South Eaft, 

 with which we weighed, and flood out of the bay. At nine 

 ic fell calm, and we anchored between Penguin Ifland and 

 the Eafl fhore, where we lay till three o'clock next morn- 

 ing. We then weighed and put to fea, with a light breeze 

 at South; but did not get clear of the land till the morning 

 of the 3d, when, with a frefh gale at Weft North Weft, we 

 flood to the South Eaft, to get more into the way of thefe 

 winds. 



December 

 Sunday I. 



Tuefday 3. 



Thurfday;; 



Friday 6. 



Thurfday I 2. 



On the 5th, a fudden fquall of wind carried away the 

 Refolution's mizen top-maft. Having another to replace it, 

 the lofs was not fek ; efpecially as it was a bad ftick, and 

 had often complained. On the 6th, in the evening, being 

 then in the latitude of 39° 14' South, and in the longitude of 

 23° 56' Eafl, we pafTed through feveral fmall fpots of water 

 of a reddifli colour. Some of this was taken up ; and it was 

 found to abound with a fmall animal, which the micro- 

 fcope difcovered to be like a cray-fifli, of a reddifli hue. 



We continued our courfe to the South Eaft, with a very 

 ftrong gale from the Weftward, followed by a mountainous 

 fea; which made the fhip roll and tumble exceedingly, and 

 gave us a great deal of trouble to preferve the cattle we had 

 on board. Notwithftanding all our care, feveral goats, efpe- 

 cially the males, died ; and fome flieep. This misfortune 

 was, in a great meafure, owing to the cold, which we now. 

 began moft fenfibly to feel. 



On the 1 2th, at noon, we faw land extending from South 

 Eaft by South, to South Eaft by Eaft. Upon a nearer ap- 

 4 groach^: 



