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on the 6th of February, at the distance of 150 miles, 

 was a fortnight in reaching Cape Corrientes, and 

 nearly three weeks afterwards getting from thence 

 to San Bias, a distance of only seventy miles. There 

 is, however, reason to believe that this vessel was 

 badly managed. 



It would be useless to give any more detailed ac- 

 count of this passage than will be seen in the pre* 

 ceding remarks, (No. XII.) We generally got the 

 sea-breeze about noon, with which we laid up for a 

 short time W. N. W., and then broke off to N. W. ; 

 and so to the northward, towards the end of the 

 breeze, as we approached the coast. We generally 

 stood in within a couple of miles, and sometimes 

 nearer, and sounded in from fifteen to twenty-five 

 fathoms. If the breeze continued after sunset^ we 

 made short tacks, in order to preserve our vicinity 

 to the land, to be ready for the night-wind. With 

 this we generally lay off S. W., sometimes W. S. W. 

 and West, but only for a short time. After passing 

 latitude 18°, the coast trended more to the north- 

 ward, and a much longer leg was made on the lar- 

 board-tack, before we were obliged to go about. As 

 we approached Cape Corrientes, in latitude 20°, the 

 land-winds became more northerly, and the sea- 



