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decline fnow and íhowers. On the 14th it began to 

 blow frefh in the morning; and at noon came on a 

 ftorm no Iffs violent than the former, at N. E. and 

 E. N. E. It concinufd in this point till the 15th, when 

 in the morning it fhifted to the north, though blowing 

 ñiil with the fame force ; but at four in the evening it 

 began to abate. This was fucceeded by thick fnow : 

 and on the 17th, and the days following, came on thofe 

 frofts which obliged the fquadron to hallen its depar- 

 ture from that ifland. 



V/hilst we were on our voy»ge, namely on the 

 22d of the fame month of November, we nad hard 

 gales at eaíT, which on the 23d increafed to a direcft 

 ftorm, that lafted with all its violence till ihe 26th, 

 when the wind came about to S. W^ and the fog which 

 had covered the whole attnofphere cleared up. On 

 the 27th of the fame month, it began to blow hard at 

 S. W. and thus condnued at the fame point, and at S. 

 and W*. wichout abating in violence till the 4th of 

 December i when ndfting to the N. W. we had fine 

 weather. Afterwards the wind was at N. W. and N. 

 and from tlience veered to the N. E. and E. where it 

 cantinutd wirfi fome violence till the 21 ft of Decem- 

 ber; on the evening of which it came about to the S. 

 and S. S. W. that the fleet was obliged to work up the 

 channel. In 48 deg. 45 min. lat. the lead was hove, 

 and found 78 fathom water, with a bottom of fine 

 ■white fand, which is the particular mark of the entrance 

 of t!ie channel. 



Dar I MOUTH .harbour is a kind of road or open 

 bay, at the end of which ftands the town of that 

 name. The country is deligiitfuly interfperfed with 

 ieats and farm-houics ; which, with the various culti- 

 vation of the hills and plains, the verdure of the paf- 

 tures, and the hedges leparating the fields, make a 

 moit agreeable appearance ; and ihow the goodnefs 

 of the lull, and the induilry of the inhabitants. We 



flayed 



