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 too hallow water for us to follow her. On the following morning, being the fifth of June, we got a teady wind from the South Wet, but as we ditanced the hore and Southerd our Latitude, it hauled to the South Eat, encreaing daily in trength, with an heavy ea. The weather was ometimes qually, with frequent howers of rain; and when we got into Latitude 17° South, and Longitude 90° Wet, the wind hauled well to the Eat.

On the 19th of June, when we were in Latitude 24°, and Longitude 90° 30′, an heavy gale of wind blew from the Northward. From the time of our leaving Cape Blanco the hip had made water, which now began to gain on us: and in the afternoon of the twenty-firt, in a violent quall of wind and rain, our fair weather top-ails and coures were blown to pieces, and having neither canvas or twine to repair them, we were under the neceity of bending our bet and only uit.

At night, being in the uppoed ituation of Saint Felix and Saint Ambroe Iles by different navigators, we hove to till day-light, and then cudded till night and again hove to, as we did, on the ucceeding night, at which time the weather moderated. Having now run down both to the