1793.from 4° North: when a wind from the North Eaſt fell in with us, and continued until we reached the Latitude 21° 30′, and Longitude 36° Weſt. At this time we had changeable weather, with lightning, heavy rain, and a ſwell from the South Weſt. The wind then ſhifted to the Southward and Eaſtward, and blew in that direction until the twenty-thirdFeb. 23. of February, when, at midnight, we made Cape Frio: but calms and light winds prevented our getting into Rio Janeiro, until the twenty-fourth24.. We there found Governor Phillips on his homeward bound paſſage from Botany Bay, in the Atlantic Tranſport; and, on the following day, a South Whaler came in to ſtop a leak.
The rigging of the Rattler was in ſuch a ſtate as to require conſiderable repairs: the new work alſo wanted caulking; and that no further time might be loſt, the ſeaſon being already far advanced for doubling Cape Horn, I hired natives to ſupply me with water, as well as a couple of caulkers to aſſiſt our carpenter in caulking the ſhip and ſtopping our leak, which was under the hawſe-pieces. At length, all our repairs being completed, and our ſtock of proviſions, including two live bullocks, being got on board, by the fifthMarch 5. of March, we ſet ſail with the Mediator, the whaler already mentioned. We parted, however, with her, on getting out of the harbour, and paſſed, between the Razor and Round Iſles, to the Sea.
