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FRANCISCO ALVO'S LOG-BOOK.

afterwards went to N.W. and to N., and to N.N.E., and we went in this course two days and three nights, and in the morning we saw land of pointed hills, and it runs North and South (thus runs the coast of the South sea) and from this land to Cape Fermoso there is a matter of 20 leagues, and we saw this land the 1st December.

Now I will commence the course and latitude of this voyage after this land, and the 1st day of December, when we were opposite to it; it is in latitude 48°.

December—

On the 2nd of December we did not take the sun, but we went to the N.N.E., and were in 47¼°, and this day we found ourselves that much ahead,[1] as all this country is in the same altitude.

On the 3rd, we went N.W., and found ourselves in 46° 30′.
" 4th, to N.W., " 45½
" 5th, to N.¼ N.W., " 44¼
" 6th, to N.E.¼ E, " 44
" 7th, to N.E.¼ E, " 43⅔
" 8th, to N.E.¼ N. " 43¼
" 9th, to N.N.E. " 42⅔
" 10th, to N.E.¼ E, " 42 12′.
" 11th, to N.E.¼ E, " 41⅔
" 12th, to N.E.¼ E, " 41¼
" 13th, to N.E.¼ N, " 40
" 14th, to N. " 38¾
" 15th, to N.¼ N.E. " 38
" 16th, to N.¼ N.W. " 36½
" 17th, to N.W. ¼ N. " 34½
" 18th, to N.¼ N.W. " 33½
" 19th, to N.W. " 32¾
" 20th, to N.W. " 31¾
" 21st, to N.W. " -
  1. "Tanto abante." These words are doubtful.