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ving again fallen to 28.60, arid the weather being 
dark, rainy, and threatening, we considered it 
prudent to make preparation for another gale. 
Fortunately, however, it did not reach us, though 
a mountainous sea, which arose from the westward, 
proved that it prevailed at no great distance. 
Gn the 5th, the weather continued squally and 
unsettled, and we had heavy seas from different 
quarters. In the evening there was a faint ap¬ 
pearance of the aurora borealis. Our course this 
day was SW. by the compass, which, it was ex¬ 
pected, would take us clear of the Faroe Islands. 
But the wind in the night veering to the south¬ 
ward, obliged us to take a more easterly course, 
that brought us within sight ot land at 10 a. m. It 
proved to be Myngeness, the most western of the 
Faroe Islands. Sights for the longitude being ob¬ 
tained near this land (which has been well sur¬ 
veyed by the Danes), I was enabled to ascertain 
the error of my chronometer. The longitude of 
Myngeness, as determined by the chronometer, 
was 8° 10' W. instead of 7° 25', the position given 
to it by the charts. The difference of 45' of lon¬ 
gitude, or three minutes of time, appeared to be 
the error of the chronometer *. 
* This error does not affect the longitudes previously 
given in this Journal: because, as I have before noticed, the 
corrections now obtained, as well as subsequent corrections, 
have been applied to all the longitudes observed during the 
voyage. 
