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which appears behind a cape, combined to form a very 
interesting picture. There was an English fleet and a 
convoy in the port of Gibraltar. 
We were steering almost the whole day east with 
the same wind. 
Thursday, October 17th. During the night the 
wind blew stronger, and our vessel was tossed about; 
the deck was often under water, which run down into 
the ship. In the morning we saw the cape of Gatta, 
which we passed at two in the afternoon. We then 
steered N.E. 
Friday, October 18th. Early in the morning we dis- 
covered the cape of Palos, and when off it, we tacked 
about to the south in chase of a ship which seemed to 
avoid us. We hailed her at one in the afternoon, and 
found her to be a Swedish brig. At sun- set we were 
in 37° 15' northern latitude, and 2° 47' 30" W. longi- 
tude from the observatory of Paris. 
Saturday, October 19th. We advanced very little 
last night, and had almost a calm in the morning; w,e 
steered E. J S. E. 
At four in the evening we discovered a chain of 
mountains on the coast of Africa, and at live my W. 
longitude was 1 Q 37' 30''. 
There was no wind whatever, but the current carried 
us east. 
Sunday, October 20th. The calm continued. At 
nine in the morning my W. longitude from Paris 1° 
27' 30". 
Monday, October 21st We were veering about to 
north with a small S. E. breeze. 
Tuesday, October 22d. We steered the same poiat 
