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Art. XXIII. — Mr.Datiss Journal, tip to December 20, 1837. 



At Sea, Laf. 37° 35'. Nov. 15, 1837. 



We left Cowes on Monday, the 6th, in the afternoon, with 

 light breezes from the S. E. ; passed the Needles in the 

 evening, and the next morning were off Portland. On 

 Wednesday we were off the Lizard, but the wind, which had 

 been scant all down, became more west; we were therefore 

 unable to make much way. A goldfinch rested a little while 

 on the rigging on Tuesday, and this day a linnet and a starling ; 

 the former was captured, and died soon after ; the latter, after 

 several attempts to take it, fell into the sea. On the 9th, with 

 our course towards Ireland, porpoises and gulls were in sight ; 

 the weather drizzly. 



10^/^. — Still cloudy, and wind west; standing for the Bay of 

 Biscay; fairly out at sea; no gulls to-day. 1 itk. — Wind fair; 

 weather cleared up ; vessel sails well, and passes every thing 

 we have seen. Warmer considerably. Observation being 

 taken, find we are in Lat. 46° 16' 3", Long. 11° 41'. 



I2th. — A delightful day, clear and warm. The waters of 

 the Atlantic are intensely blue, almost approaching black, and 

 the effect produced by the surges, as the foam subsides, is very 

 beautiful, the concussion of the waves producing lighter patches 

 of a bright green. There was a most glorious sunset, and the 



