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would not continue after sunset, but no 
breeze reached us till past midnight, and then 
it came from the northward, directly against 
us. We passed another most comfortless 
night, endeavouring to ascertain which was 
the most tolerable, the deck or the cabin; 
on the former we were pinched with the cold 
wind, and in the latter the source of annoy¬ 
ance need not again be particularly de¬ 
scribed. 
In the morning the breeze gradually died 
away again, or, as English sailors say, “ the 
sun burnt up the wind,” and we remained 
becalmed till after mid-day, when we had a 
light southerly breeze, which carried us, 
slowly towards Cape Passaro. On our way 
we passed a small turtle asleep on the water, 
but our people did not think it worth while 
to go in pursuit of it. In the afternoon we 
passed close to an island off Cape Passaro, 
