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 On the twenty-fourth day of November, at day-light, we aw Rocka Partida, and paed to the Northward of it. At noon, on the ame day, Socoro bore Eat by South, ditant, even or eight leagues.

On the following day, at noon, we got within a few miles of the South Wet end of that iland: Latitude, by obervation, 18° 49′ North. The boats were now hoited out to earch for an anchoring birth; and a mall bay oon after appeared, which was formed by the South Wet and South terminations of the ile, wherein oundings were obtained, at twenty-five fathom, with a andy bottom. We accordingly hortened ail, and came to anchor, at about the ditance of two miles from the nearet part of the hore; the extremes of the iland bearing from Wet North Wet to Eat South Eat; two mall andy beaches bearing from North by Eat, to North North Eat.

On the twenty-ixth, A. M., I permitted the greatet part of the crew to go on hore, at a mall cove, which was the only good landing place; and alo put two men on hore abreat the hip, to look for water. In the evening they all returned, with a coniderable tore of prickly pears, beans and fih; the latter were of the napper kind, and