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Cape of Good Hope as a settlement, they would have been removed, 
by the able work of Mr. Barrow, whose perfect knowledge of the 
country has enabled him to place, in a proper point of view, its 
resources, and the prodigious extent to which its advantages may 
be carried. 
November 6. — With a brisk gale from S. W. we ran out of Table 
Bay, and continued, till noon, steering W. by N. when, hoping we 
should be able to clear the Gape, we tacked and stood to the S.E.; 
the wind and current however driving us to the north, we have just 
found it impossible, and are again going to change our course. 
November 10. — For these four days we have been driven to the 
westward by the easterly gales, and are now in latitude 37° 56', 
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longitude 12° ^4' east; consequently, instead of making any way 
since we quitted the Cape, we are 300 miles farther from the place 
of our destination ; the weather, too, has been unpleasant, and the 
swell very great. 
November 15.— The wind has changed more to the south in the 
night, which has greatly increased the chill. It is as cold as at 
the same season of the year in England. This is the usual effect of 
the wind blowing directly from the frozen southern latitudes, even 
in the middle of summer. We however feel compensated by having 
a fair wind, which enables us to keep our course. Captain Weltden 
means to go to 39^ south, where he will be certain of westerly winds 
to carry us into 90° east, when he will beat up for Calcutta. He is 
obliged to make this very great angle, because the trade-wind in 
the Indian Ocean, and the monsoon in the Bay of Bengal, are both 
against us at this season of the year. 
November 18.— -The 16th and 1 7 th were very pleasant days, and 
