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CHAPTER III. 



FROM PLYMOUTH TO TENERIFFE. 



October the 5th. We had scarcely passed 

 Cape Lawrence, when the wind rose from the west, 

 and became very strong, and remained so the 

 whole of the day. On the 6th, it settled in the 

 north, and permitted us to make our entrance into 

 the Atlantic Ocean. The voyage seemed to me 

 to be now properly begun, and the most cheerful 

 thoughts were excited by this idea ; all our pre- 

 ceding misfortunes were forgotten in a moment, 

 and I found within myself spirits and strength for 

 the undertaking before me. 



October the 9tb. We w^ere this day at noon in 

 latitude 44° 49' 31'', and longitude 11° 38'. To- 

 wards evening a storm arose, with a violent wind 

 from the N.W. which carried us, the following: 

 afternoon, at four o'clock, past the latitude of Cape 

 Finisterre. In the night we observed a mast pass- 

 ing by our ship, probably belonging to some un- 

 fortunate vessel that had perished in the late 

 storm. On the 12th, we again had to contend with 

 a very furious storm from S.W., which lasted to the 

 13th, and drove us back several miles. On the 

 14th, the wind changed to the north, with very 



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