IN THE PACIFIC. 



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tiously approached the very spot where we had 

 agreed the guns should be pointed. 



From Port Famine we pushed on to the 

 westward, but being unable to round Cape Fro- 



CAPE PROWARD, STRAITS OF MAGELLAN, THE SOUTHERNMOST POINT Of 

 SOUTH AMERICA. 



ward, owing to the gale in our teeth, we bore 

 up and anchored for the night in Nicholas Bay : 

 the next morning we made another attempt, and 

 succeeded in doubling the Cape, the southern- 



