WINTER PASSAGE. 



No. VI. 



Chorillos ( near Lima ) to Valparaiso. 

 10th of August to 28th, 1821. 

 (18 Days.) 



This being what is called the winter passage, 

 we lost the trade-wind in latitude 25° south, after 

 which we had the winds to the S. W. as far as lon- 

 gitude 88° west, and latitude 27° south, when it 

 shifted to the N. W. and West, and so to the S. W. 

 and South, as far as 78° west longitude, and lati- 

 tude 33° south. We w^ere much embarrassed by 

 calms, light winds, and heavy rains, after which 

 the wind came to the northward and N. N. W. with 

 thick rainy weather. We made the land to the 

 southward of Valparaiso on the 27th, and got in 

 next day by the wind coming round to the S. W. 



At this season of the year, when northerly winds 

 prevail, with heavy rain, and unpleasant weather, 

 it does not seem advisable to make the coast to the 

 southward of the port. Neither ought a ship, I 

 think, to run into Valparaiso in one of these gales* 

 gince the wind frequently blows home, and is at- 



