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 . et neither elbaIrosses -.nor pinredoes bed made their appearance. During the short cesi- 11--14. tion of the trade the atphere was very dry, until the sth-easterly winds returned, when it became more humid; but as we approached the southern limit of this S.F wind, which my I onsidered' to bear more of the character of a periodical wind than the trade, the a*.msphere ', ' became altogether drier: it carried us as far as 31t � S. and 96 � W., before it veered to the northward of east, when, after a calm, we had north.esterly winds and fine weather, 5f which we made good use. The first albatross was seen in 314 �th, and was flying about the brig at the same time with a tropic bird, which is a remarkable oocur, rence, for I never saw the latter bird before so far without the tropic; but here Was one nearly five hundred i!es to the southward of it, and at least three hundred leagues from the nearest land; an albatross (diod, e, mlan,, Linn.) was shot, but did not measure more than nine feet nine inches across the tips of the wings. On the 25th of February. we ex_mlued our water, and fo,v!_ the casks so much damaged by mrs, that ins _t_j of .having :thirteen tons we had rely nine on Lard., but as this was thouSt to be suSdent for our voyage, the; daily. iasu..w. as not' reduced: on the 28th of March, however, it

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