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dew had fallen, but the air to-day felt pleasantly dry and 

 cool. Thermometer 77^°, lat. 17° 29' N., long. 68° 46' E. 



6th, Sunday. We were in lat. 16° N., long. 66° 45' E., 

 thermometer stationary at 77^°. 



7th, Monday. In lat. 16° 13' long. 64° 29' E. The 

 thermometer at 76°, light winds from the N.E. with cool 

 weather. 



8th, Tuesda}^ The weather still continued delightful 

 with a pleasant north-easterly breeze. The thermometer 

 at 75°, lat. to-day at noon 15° 44' JN"., long, per chro- 

 nometer 62° 30' E. ; by a lunar observation taken at 8 

 P.M. 61'^ 53', yariation of the compass per azimuth 52 

 miles west. 



9th, Wednesday. In lat. 15° 32' K., long, by chrono- 

 meter 60'^ 44' E. ; and by a lunar taken at 8 p.m. 60° 55". 

 ]N"o alteration in the state of the winds or weather, and 

 the thermometer remained at 75°. 



10th, Thursday. In lat. 15° 2' K, long, per chro- 

 nometer 58« 54' E. ; at 8 p.m. by lunar 58° 2? E. ; ther- 

 mometer 76°. 



11th, Friday. Lat. 14° 40', long, per chronometer 47° 

 11' E., and by lunar at 8 p.m. 56° 20'. The thermometer 

 at 77°. 



12th, Saturday. We parted with the convoy, and, 

 changing our course from W. to S.S.W., we steered 

 toward the Island of Socotra. At noon observed an 

 immense shoal of porpoises about half a mile astern of us, 

 passing with great velocity in a direction from the north 

 to the south-east. In the evening a rank smell of fish 

 spawn was strongly perceptible. Thermometer at noon 

 77i°, lat. 14° 35' JN"., long, by chronometer 55° 37' E. The 

 wind from the east, with fine weather, and a cloudy sky. 



