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and then S. W., and again to west, and W. S. W. ; 

 so that we made little westing till we reached 61 

 south on the 1st of December. The weather was 

 always moderate, with drizzling rain, and occasion- 

 al fogs, and a high swell from S. W, Between the 

 2d and 3d of December the wind drew to the north- 

 ward, with a thick fog. Next day it came to the 

 S. W., with sleet squalls, and a thick haze. This 

 wind gradually hauled to the northward of west, 

 with hail squalls. An inspection of the track will 

 show how uniformly the winds between 60° and 51 1° 

 south gradually drew from the S. W. to westward, 

 then to N. W., and so to the northward, and always 

 squally, with hail and sleet. In 51 J° south we had a 

 gale of nine hours from the west, with squalls of 

 hail. This wind, however, instead of drawing to the 

 K. W. and northward, as it had been wont to do in 

 the six preceding degrees south of us, now hauled 

 W. S. W.j and blew fresh, with constant squalls till 

 we had run on a north by west course (by compass) 

 nearly to 42° south. The wind, then, after a short 

 calm, came to the eastward, and drew round gra- 

 dually to S. S. E., where it remained steady and fresh 

 till we made the land to the southward of Valpa- 

 raiso on the 19th of December. We had light airs 

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