to the Strait of Magellan. 



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to the time-piece, the error of the reckoning was 1^ 57 j to the 

 E. ; therefore, the true position was bf, or two leagues and a 

 half, to the E. of the time-piece. 



Altliough, when night came on the 10th, we had not got 

 sight of Cadiz, nor could learn the exact point on which it [^.y 

 from the crew of a fishing-boat, which supplied us with a little 

 fresh bread and fish, we began to sound for the channel leading 

 to the bay, and at 10 p.m. we discovered the light-house of San 

 Sebastian; at 1 i | p.m. we came to anchor NW. by W. from 

 that light-house, in twenty fathoms sand, &c. Next morn- 

 ing (the 1 Ith June) we moved into the Bay of Cadiz, and came 

 to anchor, after a voyage of eight months and two clays, with- 

 out having lost a single mdividual of our compaiiy during the 

 whole expedition. The commander, and two of the crew, were 

 the only persons seriously ill, and other sixteen slightly affected 

 with scurvy ; all of whom were in a short time perfectly re- 

 stored to their ordinary state of health. 



We have already taken notice of the death of two seamen, one 

 on our way out, and the other in the strait; but we do not count 

 on them, as their complaints were contracted on land, before we 

 sailed, and were in no manner occasioned by the voyage. 



Those only who return to their native country, after an ab- 

 sence, and such an absence as ours was, of eight months, can 

 conceive the pleasure w^e felt, at once more meeting with our 

 friends and countrymen at home ; the commander and officers 

 rejoicing that they had so successfully accomplished their un- 

 dertaking,* and the seamen, who quickly forget their dangers 

 and toils, W4th the satisfactory reflection, that they had strength 

 and courage to resist and overcome all difficulties : — the expedi- 

 tion to the Strait of Magellan manifesting to all w^hat the vigour 

 and steadiness of the Spanish seaman are able to perform. 



* From which some benefit to the world might arise. 



