CAPE HORN. 



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of November, in latitude 46 J° south, longitude 

 57° west, and another short one from west on 

 the 12th of December, after rounding the Cape, in 

 latitude 51° south, longitude 82° west, the wea- 

 ther was uniformly moderate. At starting, we 

 had the winds from the W. S. W., S. W., and West, 

 with one spurt of twelve hours from north by west, 

 in 41 1° south, as far as 45° south. It then fell calm, 

 and the wind afterwards sprung up from N. N. E., 

 drew to N. W., and blew hard. After which, it 

 again fell calm for an hour, then a breeze sprung up 

 from the southward. This, in the course of a few 

 hours, freshened to a hard gale, which lasted about 

 fourteen hours. A calm succeeded, and then a 

 fresh N. E. by north, and easterly wind with rain and 

 squalls as far as the latitude of 50|° south, when it 

 hauled to the S. Eastward, and in 51^° south it fell 

 calm. This was succeeded by a strong westerly, 

 and then north-westerly breeze, with fine clear wea- 

 ther. This carried us to 54° south, when we got 

 N. N. E. and North by West winds, which took us 

 through the Straits of Le Maire. 



We rounded Cape Horn on the 26th of November, 

 fifteen days from the river, with a fresh N. N. West- 

 erly breeze. This speedily shifted to the N. W., 



