Latitude, ſtood moſtly at 29-9, and the thermometer at 60, riſing gradually till in the Latitude of 1° 30′ South, till it reached 72; but in the evening, it was generally below ſummer heat in England. Along the whole of this coaſt, the dews were very heavy during the night: and in proportion as they were heavier, the ſucceeding day was more or leſs clear. At the full and change of the moon we perceived no dew, which appeared to be ſupplied by a heavy drizzling rain and miſty weather. The morning, evening, and night, were always cloudy, but the middle of the day was generally clear, ſo that I ſeldom enjoyed a diſtinct view of the Cordileras des Andes. The miſtineſs of the early part of the day, proceeded from the ſun riſing behind the Andes, and the clearneſs of the noon was occaſioned by the ſun, which had then over-topped the mountains; but I am yet to learn the cauſe of the hazineſs of the evening.
The currents on this coaſt are very irregular. I tried them ſeveral times, and found that they ſet as often one way as the other, and generally from half a mile to two miles an hour. The ſet, may at all times be diſcovered by obſerving the direction of large beds of ſmall blubber, with which this coaſt abounds, and from whence the water