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breeze springing up from the eastward, encouraged us to 

 make another attempt, but presently dying away, we were 

 again obliged to anchor. While lying here we put out 

 our lines and caught one fine rock-fish, which are probably 

 very plentiful, as we observed our consort, the Sylph, haul 

 up several in a short space of time. At 10 p.m. weighed 

 with a light easterly wind, and stood to the S.E. We 

 had this day cloudy wreath er, with light variable winds ; 

 the thermometer at 78^^. Lat. 11° 41' Is . ; long, per chrono- 

 meter at noon 51° 14' S. According to this as Cape Guard- 

 afui is in ]^^. lat. 11° 49', long. 51° 13' E. 



18th, Friday. Working ofi" shore with light baffling 

 winds, in from 45 to 55 fathoms, sand. The weather 

 cloudy, with slight showers of rain, and a lowering sky. 

 A considerable dew had fallen during the night, and the 

 air to-day felt damp and unpleasant. The thermometer 

 at 7^\^ ; found the current setting us in-shore at the rate 

 of one mile per hour. Lat. 11^ 30' X. ; long, by chrono- 

 meter at noon 51'' 31' 15'' E. 



19th, Saturday. Dew at night, and during the day 

 southerly winds continued to prevail with damp cloudy 

 weather, and occasional showers of rain ; the thermometer 

 at 78y. Tacking ofi" and on shore, we had in the course 

 of the day another sight of the Island of Abdulcuria and 

 the Brothers, the former bearing X.W. of us, and the 

 latter in a north-easterly direction. Lat. obsd. 11^ 42' N. ; 

 long, by lunar at 9 a.m. 51^ 56', and by chronometer at 

 noon 52** 5', E., variation by azimuth 7^ W. About 6 

 P.M. in attempting to tack, the ship refused to stay, and, 

 in consequence, got foul of the Sylph, which we at the 

 time had in tow. Fortunately, however, after some 

 alarm and a little trouble, we soon got clear again, with- 



