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above^ shifted from right to left, that is, from S. W. 

 to South, S. E., East, and so on to N. E., North, and 

 N. W., with a thick haze, heavy rain, thunder and 

 lightning, and the wind blowing occasionally in 

 strong gusts. After this it fell calm, in latitude 33*^ 

 south. The breeze which succeeded 'was first from 

 the N. E., but, as usual, it drew to the northward, 

 with a thick haze, and a high swell from the same 

 quarter. In the evening of the 5th, the wind, 

 which was blowing fresh and steady from north, 

 shifted suddenly, and without any lull, or other 

 warning, to S. W., and blew for two hours so hard 

 that we' could barely carry triple reefed top-sails, 

 and reefed courses. This breeze in twenty-four 

 hours fell light, shifted round as formerly to the 

 South, S. E., East, and in latitude 28° south to 

 N. N. E. The only difference between this shift of 

 wind, and those which preceded it, was the absence 

 of haze. It hung in the N. N. E. quarter, blow- 

 ing at times very fresh for three days, with a high 

 short swell. On the 10th it fell calm, after which, 

 on the evening of that day, a breeze sprung up 

 from the S. W., and having made Round Island, 

 off Rio, early on the morning of the 12th, in very 

 thick rainy weather, we ran in, and anchored, after 



