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the narrowest part ; but this was chosen on account of the 
nearness of the water. 
We remained during the day off the island, sound- 
ing, dredging, and completing a running survey, 
the brothers Stoltenhoff accompanying us to the 
Cape on our leaving, which we did on the 19 th 
October. The strong westerlies caused the weather 
to be of such, a boisterous character that but few 
soundings were able to he obtained on this section ; 
however, what was observed proved the existence of 
a deeper channel than was found on the west side 
by at least 600 fathoms, the temperature remaining 
about the same (33°). 
On the 28th October the land was reported, and 
soon the famous Table Mountain of the Cape was 
visible from the deck ; the thirty-three days of our 
passage had now seemingly quickly passed, and we 
were still able to easily recall the many incidents at 
Bahia, and the varied scenes occurring in the 3000 
miles just traversed over. 
And now as we near the African shore, with 
its outline of peculiar shape, our hopes and thoughts 
fly back to other lands, on the one hand thankful 
for successes so far, and on the other full of hope for 
the future. It was late in the day before we were 
fairly in for sounding ; serials and current observa- 
tions had to be taken off the Cape of Storms. 
Therefore it was about 4 p.m. when we anchored 
in Simon’s Bay, within half a mile of the shore, where 
