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out material damage being sustained by eitber vessel. 



20tb, Sunday. Continued working along tbe African 

 sbore witb fresh southerly winds, the thermometer at 

 79j^ Cape Guardafui and the Brothers still in sight. 

 Abdulcuria at sunset bore and by E. of us distant 14 

 or 15 leagues. Lat. 11^ 27' IN". ; long, per lunar at 9 a.m., 

 52'' 24' E., and by chron. at noon 52*^ 29' E., variation per 

 azimuth GJ^ W. 



21st, Monday. Still working against the southerly 

 winds ; no land in sight. The thermometer at 79Jo- Lat. 

 observed at noon 10" 50' N. ; long, by lunar at 10 a.m. 

 52" 37', and by chron. at noon 52" 43' E., variation, 

 8° 20' ^Y. 



22nd, Tuesday. During the early part of the day 

 fresh southerly winds, with the thermometer at 79 .J". 

 Towards the evening it fell calm, when we lowered the 

 boat and tried the current ; found it setting to the north- 

 ward at the rate of half a knot an hour. Lat. observed 

 10" 43' N. ; long, by chron. 53° E. 



23rd, Wednesday. We had light southerly winds and 

 calm in the morning, but a northerly breeze springing up 

 in the afternoon permitted us to lay our course S.W. 

 Still no land to be seen. The thermometer at 79i". Lat. 

 observed 10" 28' N. ; long, by chron. 53" E. 



24th, Thursday. Steering W.S.W. with a fresh north- 

 erly breeze. The weather damp and misty, and frequent 

 drizzling rain. Thermometer 78|". Lat. observed 9" 8' 

 N. ; long, by chron. 51" 55' 15" E. 



25th, Friday. Proceeding westward, we in course of 

 the forenoon saw land, which, as we now approached that 

 part of the coast where the objects of our investigation 

 lay, was looked to with anxious expectation. It bore 



