coArrs o? &uIrFRAJ.? :?IS we 'steered over the tail within the ooloured ruder, but bed no botmn with forty-five f?thoms: In meny pens near the islmxi the rocks must be v?ry li?o .below the suffe?:e oF tbe weber, for the ? oocasion, dly broke upon them.. We then stoered to the East and E.N.E.. ?d at nigi?t made short .trips on either tack, The weather was .extremely sultry du. rin? the alter- noon, the ithermometer .being at 89 �d when e?posed ? the rain, the mercury rose. to lI?5 �Towaais. sunset large flights of boobies, terns, Ired other sea-birtis passed by, flying tq. wards the islands. One or two stopped to, notice us, ..trod.. Pew round the brig several times, The night was fine with light .south-west .winds: but we had lightning in the N.E., from which quarter, at. daylight, the weather clouded in; and,. from .the increasing dampness of the �atmosphere, indicated rain. At noon wi? were in 1,? � 15': S. and 7" 1' east of the a?o? in Cygnet Bay'. .The wind was. from the southward with dull cloudy ?weather. .I?arge fii?ts of birds were aboqt �the yamel. prey? upon smell fish swi..m? among the se?-weed, of which we passed a ?re?t .quantity. AS. th? ev?in? approached, the wea.- ther clouded in, and. threatened us, with ?notl?r
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