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good winds, we had a prosperous voy¬ 
age to Cape Horn, and arrived off the 
pitch on the 7th of Feb. and passed’" 
round with a pleasant breeze. In pros¬ 
ecuting our voy age home, off the mouth 
of the river Rio de la Plata, and along 
the coast of Brazil, we had rough weath¬ 
er and thick fogs. On the 6th we made 
the land and harbour of St. Salvador, 
and about 9 o’clock came to anchor.—- 
On the 7th we fired a salute for the fort a 
which was returned. 
We were now employed in watering 
our ship, and making other preparations 
for continuing our voyage homeward ; 
and 
on the 15th got uhue? 
W lij 
Tiriflu 
YV it**, 
a nne breeze. 
April 1st. At 10 o’clock, made the 
Island of Barbadoes, and at 1 P, M. 
came to anchor, where we lay till 5 P. 
M. on the 3d, when we got under weigh, 
and sailed down the Island to St. Thom¬ 
as, where we sent a boat ashore, and 
after transacting the business for which 
we stopped, made sail on the 9th for 
the port of New-York. On the 2.1st, 
