PROFESSOR SMITH'S JOURNAL. 238 



March 10th. ^Yc are off" Scilly. The wind changed 

 again to S.W. We made the signal in vain for pilots, 

 they having already returned to Falmouth. In the morn- 

 ing of the ]2th 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 partljr 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 Avhom I have given a commission to send 

 all my letters to St. Helena. A strong gale from N.E. 

 has to-day (the 30th) 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. 'I'hc wind having been very favourable, 

 brought us yesterday within sight of Madeira, which ^ve 

 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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