52 
A VOYAGE TO 
1776. 
November. 
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Saturday 30. 
December. 
Sunday 1. 
Tuefday 3. 
Thurfday 5. 
Friday 6. 
Thurfday 12. 
Having given Captain Clerke a copy of my inftrutftions, 
and an order directing him how to proceed in cafe of repa¬ 
ration ; in the morning of the 30th, we repaired on board. 
At five in the afternoon a breeze fprung up at South Eaft, 
with which we weighed, and flood out of the bay. At nine 
it fell calm, and we anchored between Penguin Ifland and 
the Eaft fhore, where we lay till three o’clock next morn¬ 
ing. We then weighed and put to fea, with a light breeze 
at South; but did not get clear of the land till the morning 
of the 3d, when, with a frefli gale at Weft North Weft, we 
flood to the South Eaft, to get more into the way of thefe 
winds. 
On the 5th, a hidden fquall of wind carried away the 
Refolution’s mizen top-maft. Having another to replace it, 
the lofs was not felt; efpecially as it was a bad flick, and 
had often complained. On the 6th, in the evening, being 
then in the latitude of 39 0 iq 7 South, and in the longitude of 
23 0 56" Eaft, we pafled through feveral fmall fpots of water 
of a reddifh colour. Some of this was taken up; and it was 
found to abound with a fmall animal, which the micro- 
lcope difcovered to be like a cray-fifh, of a reddifh hue. 
We continued our courfe to the South Eaft, with a very 
ftrong gale from the Weftward, followed by a mountainous 
fea; which made the flrip roll and tumble exceedingly, and 
gave us a great deal of trouble to preferve the cattle we had 
on board. Notwithstanding all our care, feveral goats, efpe¬ 
cially the males, died; and fome fheep. This misfortune 
was, in a great meafure, owing to the cold, which we now 
began moft fenfibly to feel. 
On the 12th, at noon, we faw land extending from South 
Eaft by South, to South Eaft by Eaft. Upon a nearer ap¬ 
proach, 
