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The night was similar to the preceding. In the twenty- 

 four hours before noon, we have been carried twenty miles to 

 the west. 



May 25. N. Lat. 15° 50', W. Long. 32° 38'. 



The night was like the preceding. In the twenty-four 

 hours before noon, we have been carried about eighteen miles 

 to the west, and about four to the south. 



May 26. N. Lat. 18° 15', W. Long. 34° &. 



The night was tolerably fine, and the wind fresh. The 

 current still sets to the westward, but not to the southward. 

 The weather is boisterous and squally, and the sea running 

 high. During the two first nights, the highest clouds have 

 been moving in a direction opposite to that of the lower, which 

 have followed the course of the wind. The latter had travel- 

 led rapidly, the former slowly. 



May 27. N. Lat. 20° 55', W. Long. 35° 49'. 



During the twenty- four hours before noon, we have been 

 rained about eighteen miles to the west, and about seven to the 



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