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 from 4° North: when a wind from the North Eat fell in with us, and continued until we reached the Latitude 21° 30′, and Longitude 36° Wet. At this time we had changeable weather, with lightning, heavy rain, and a well from the South Wet. The wind then hifted to the Southward and Eatward, and blew in that direction until the twenty-third of February, when, at midnight, we made Cape Frio: but calms and light winds prevented our getting into Rio Janeiro, until the twenty-fourth. We there found Governor Phillips on his homeward bound paage from Botany Bay, in the Atlantic Tranport; and, on the following day, a South Whaler came in to top a leak.

The rigging of the Rattler was in uch a tate as to require coniderable repairs: the new work alo wanted caulking; and that no further time might be lot, the eaon being already far advanced for doubling Cape Horn, I hired natives to upply me with water, as well as a couple of caulkers to ait our carpenter in caulking the hip and topping our leak, which was under the hawe-pieces. At length, all our repairs being completed, and our tock of proviions, including two live bullocks, being got on board, by the fifth of March, we et ail with the Mediator, the whaler already mentioned. We parted, however, with her, on getting out of the harbour, and paed, between the Razor and Round Iles, to the Sea.