as to ?be distinctly seen at the 'distance of forty ??__?. miles, whereas two days.afterwards, the weather A?.?o. being clear, it was not visible above the. horizon for more than.five leagues..This'state of the at- toosphere caused a rapid evaporation during the day, and as the evening approached, a very co- pious' dew' commenced falling, which by sunset ?as precipitated.like a shower of rain. The next morning the land was again. enve. loped in haze; but at seven o'clock it cleared off a little, and the coast was observed to trend round Point Gantheaume to the south-east, but as we had last evening seen it as far to the westward as' S.W.b.S., we steered in the latter direction under the idea of there being no open- ing'to the southward of the point, since the flood-tide flowed from it, instead of towards it, as it naturally would have done, had there been any inlet of consequence thereabout. As usual, we had been surrounded by whales, ?d large flights of boobies;' one of the latter lighted' upon the deck this atternoon, and was easily taken; it seemed to be the same bird (pd?s./ib?-) that frequents the reefs upon the north and north' eastern coasts. Between sun- rise and mid-day our. progress was much re- tarded.by light south' easterly winds. At'noon ?e.ware. in. 1.7. .0 51: 45" S.: after which the sea-
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