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thick weather, and lasted two days ; by which time, the mer- 
cury had descended to 29,58. 
8 th. In Bass’ Strait, for several days in the month of April, 
the mercury stood above 30,40 with the wind from the south 
and eastward, sometimes blowing fresh : the weather gene- 
rally fine. It then fell half an inch in eight hours, and a 
wind set in soon after from the north-westward which conti- 
nued four days, blowing moderately, with cloudy weather, 
and sometimes a shower of rain ; the mercury remaining sta- 
tionary between 29,83 and 29,89. On this second wind dying 
away, a strong breeze sprung up which fixed at WSW with 
squally weather ; but for three days no alteration took place 
in the barometer, until the wind shifted to NW and north, 
and the mercury then descended to 29,52, though the weather 
was finer, and wind more moderate than before. 
9th. Passing along the south coast of Australia the second 
time, we experienced light winds from the sea for forty 
hours in D’Entrecasteaux’s Archipelago, in the month of 
May: they were variable between WSW and SSE with dull 
cloudy weather, and the mercury stood very high, being up 
to 30,50 most of the time. The wind then came round to N 
by E and NNW ; previously to which, the mercury began to 
descend, and it kept falling for two days till it reached 30,19, 
though the weather was not so cloudy as before, and the 
wind was equally light. On the wind veering to west and 
WSW the mercury rose to 30,25 ; but it now came on to 
blow fresh, with squally thick weather, yet the mercury con- 
tinued nearly stationary for twenty-four hours, appearing to 
be kept up in consequence of the wind having shifted round 
to SSW, more directly from off the sea. On its increasing to a 
