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rent was succeeded by one to the S. E. We again looked out for 
the reef, near the northern extremity of which we were obhged to 
pass, but with the same want of success as before. 
January 10. — On the 9th, at night we experienced as heavy a 
gale from the N. W. as on the 8th, which obliged us to take in 
every sail, and lie to for some hours. At sun rise Cape Barry was 
in sight, forming a conspicuous headland at the distance of eleven 
leagues. As the weather was cloudy, we were not able to take an 
observation. 
January 1 1 .— We had variable winds during the whole of the 
night, inclining to the northward, and on the 1 1th, in the morning, 
we had the heartfelt satisfaction of beholding the long sought for 
land of Egypt, at a distance of about eight leagues. We ran in for 
it, and at twelve were only four leagues off in lat. ^5° 40' N. 
January 13. — On the l^^th, the northerly breeze continued, and 
obliged us to work along shore, and prevented us from makin^g 
more than sixteen miles. During the last twenty-four hours we 
had a favourable wind from the S. and afterwards from the W. 
with which we reached latitude 26° 36' having passed within the 
islands called the Brothers, At twelve we were close to the shore, 
off which is a shoal, that is well laid down in Sir Home Popham s 
chart. The mountains here are higher than to the southward. Mr. 
Bruce describes them as beautiful from the green and red marbles 
that compose them ; but though I have seen them from latitude ^5°, 
I have not been able to discover any other appearance than the 
dull tint which stone generally acquires when long exposed to the 
decomposing powers of the atmosphere. At any rate, I could not 
perceive the least grounds for the supposition that they were 
