PROFESSOR SMITH’S JOURNAL. 238 
March 10th. We are off Scilly. The wind changed 
wgain toS.W. We made the signal in vain for pilots, 
they having already returned to Falmouth. In the morn- 
ing of the 12th we anchored, for the second time, between 
Pendennis and St. Maws. 
March 19th. All this time we have been detained in 
the harbour of Falmouth, partly from the stormy weather, 
and partly in order to take in water and provisions, and 
to fit the Congo with new rigging. We weighed anchor 
in the morning. I have written twice to Von Buch and 
to Hafgaard, to whom I have given a commission to send 
all my letters to St. Helena. A strong gale from N.E. 
has to-day (the 20th) carried us to the 49° 17’ latitude, and 
60° longitude. The weather is now almost calm. The 
Congo sails almost as well as the transport. 
March 25th. For the first five days we have been favour- 
ed by a steady N.E. wind, which has carried us to the 
latitude of Cape Finisterre. 
April 1st. The wind having been very favourable, . 
brought us yesterday within sight of Madeira, which we 
passed on its eastern side ; and to-day I expect to see 
once more my old friends Palma, and the Peak of Tene- 
riffe. The weather, as is usual in the vicinity of these 
islands, has continued for some days very squally. Un, 
fortunately we are to pass, as it would seem, the Canaries, 
without stopping before we arrive at St. Jago. Being 
again so near to a place, where the last year I enjoyed so 
many delightful hours, which I never must forget, they 
were now as forcibly recalled to my memory as when 
present, but with a feeling of regret that they never more 
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