WEATHER OFF CAP HORNE. IS 



from the northward in the middle of the day, which 

 carried us into the harbour. 



The highest south latitude to which we reached 

 was 61|°, being then in 75° west longitude. This 

 was in the evening of the 1st of December 1820. 

 We had then a fresh breeze from the N. W. by west, 

 with a thick drizzling haze. The barometer stood 

 at 29,34^, and the thermometer at 41°. The far- 

 thest west to which we went was 84|°, in latitude 

 57° 45^ south, on the 7 th of December, the wind 

 very light from the westward, barometer 28,66. 



When the prevalence of strong N. W. winds be- 

 tween 50° and 54° south is taken into consideration, 

 it will probably be advisable to go, at least, as far 

 west as 84°, in order to make a fair wind of the 

 north- westers, when not too strong, to admit of carry- 

 ing sail. 



From the best information respecting the weather 

 off the Cape, there seems reason to believe, that the 

 hardest gales prevail near the land, and that the 

 chance of good weather, and of easterly winds, is, 

 at least, as great at a considerable distance off shore. 

 A ship, on meeting westerly winds, therefore, ought 

 perhaps to stand on to the southward as far as 62° or 

 63°, and be indifferent about northing, till between 



