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T was the ixth day of December, when we lot ight of Socoro; and on the eighth in the afternoon, we made Moro Corona on the Coat of Mexico; we had pleaant weather and the winds were between the North Wet and the North Eat. I entertained a trong deire to ee Paion Ile before I made the coat, as it might have been of future advantage to fihers and cruizers; but my bread was become o bad as to be no longer in a tate to be eaten, which made every peron on board anxious to get