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shorten all sail to a very heavy squall from W. 

 S. W., which announced its appearance by a distant 

 roaring, some time before it was seen on the water. 

 These squalls generally succeed the hot winds that 

 prevail at this season in South Australia, coming 

 from the interior.* 



Easterly winds prevented us from entering Bass 

 Strait until the 1 6th. In reaching^ in towards the 

 coast, seven or eight miles west of Cape Otway, we 

 found that it projected three or four miles too much 

 on the charts. Bass Strait appeared under a diffe- 

 rent aspect from what it had been accustomed to 

 wear ; light winds, by no means in keeping with our 

 impatience, detaining us till the 21st, when we got 

 a kick out of the eastern entrance from a strong 

 south-wester, and afterwards had a good run up to 

 Sydney, where we arrived on the 23rd. 



* During the hot winds we observed the thermometer, in the 

 direct rays of the sun, to be 135". 



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