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 quake that we had ever felt yet. On the 

 firft of March we put to fea again, the 

 feafoii being already far advanced for 

 paffing Cape Horn. The next day we 

 went to an allowance of a quart of 

 water a day for each man, which con-- 

 tinued the whole paflage. We were 

 obliged to ftand a long way to the weft-* 

 ward 5 and went to the northward of 

 Juan Fernandes above a degree, before 

 we had a wind that we could make any 

 fouthing with. On the 25th, in the la- 

 titude of 4 6 degrees, we met with a vio- 

 lent hard gale at weft, which obliged us 

 to lie to under a reefed mainfail for 

 fome days j and before we got round the 

 Cape, we had many very hard gales, with 

 a prodigious fea and conftant thick fnow; 

 and after being fo long in fo delightful 

 a climate as Chili, the cold was almoft 

 infupportable. After doubling the 

 Cape, we got but flowly to the north- 



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