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On the fourth of December 1742, we got under 

 sail, intending to steer first to the island of Juan Fer- 

 iiandes. Our course was from S. W. one quarter 

 "westerly, to S. one quarter westerly, according as 

 the winds permitted, which were continually between 

 the E. S. E. and S. S. E. but not always of the 

 same strength ; sometimes short calms intervTued, 

 and at others sudden squalls, but did us no great 

 damage. This course was continued till the 27th 

 of the same month, when being in the latitude of 

 30'' and a little more than 15° W. of Callao har- 

 bour, and the wind at N. W., we altered our course, 

 steering E. S. E. and E. till we made the island 

 without that of Juan Fernandes. This happened on 

 the 7th of January 174''3, at three in the evening; 

 the S. point of the island bearing N. E. one quar- 

 ter easterly, and the N. W. point, N. E. We now 

 continued steering E. one quarter northerly, and the 

 next day at eleven in the n^.orning we had sight of the 

 other island called de Tierra, bearing E. N. E. 

 And in the following night having weathered the 

 north point, we the next day came to an anchor ¡a 

 the bay. 



During our passage from Callao to the tropic, 

 we had light winds, often interrupted with short 

 calms ; but after we had crossed the tropic, they 

 were more settled, stronger, and squally, but not 

 dangerous; being of short continuance. But as I 

 have already noticed in another part, they always 

 blow from the S. E. and never from the S. W. till 

 you are fifteen or twenty degrees W. of'the meridian 

 of Callao. When we concluded ourselves in the pro- 

 perlatitudc for standing towards the islands,and found 

 the wind at N. W. we steered E. in order to reach the 

 meridian of Juan Fernandes. The wind then shifted 

 round from W. N.W. to W. S. W. and S. and after- 

 wards returned to its usual rumbs of S. E. S. S. E. and 

 S. E. one quarter easterly. On the 27th of December, 



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