»773- confolation: it was fair over head, and we were not appre-
October.
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Monday 25. ■*.
The ftorm continued all the day without the lead inter-
miffion. In the evening we bore down to look for the Adventure,
lire being out of fight to leeward, and after running the
diftance we fuppofed her to be off, brought to again without
feeingher; it being fo very hazy and thick in the horizon, that
we could not fee a mile round us, bccafioned by the fpray
of the fea being lifted up to a great height by the force of
the wind. At midnight the gale abated; foon after fell
little wind ; and at laft fhifted to S. W., when we wore, fet
the courfes and top-fails clofe-reefed, and flood in for the
land. Soon after the wind frefhened and fixed at South ; but
as the Adventure was fome diftance a-ftern, we lay by for
«Tueflay 26. her till eight o’clock, when we both made all fail and fleered
N. by W. 4 W. for the Strait. At noon obferved in 420
27' South, Cape Pallifer, by judgment, bore North, diftant
feventeen leagues. This favourable wind was not of fufE-
cient duration; in the afternoon it fell, by little and little,
and at length to a calm; this at ten o’clock was fucceeded
by a frelh breeze from the North, with which we ftretched
to the weftward.
Wednef. 27. At three o’clock next morning, we were pretty well in
with Cape Campbell on the Weft fide of the Strait, when we
tacked, and ftretched over for Cape Pallifer, under courfes
and clofe-reefed top-fails, having the wind at N. W., a very
ftrong gale and fair weather. At noon, we tacked and
ftretched to S. W„ with the laft mentioned Cape bearing
Weft, diftant four or five leagues. In the afternoon, the gale
increafed in fuch a manner as brought us under our courfes.
We continued to ftretch to the S. W. till midnight, when
we wore, and fet clofe-reefed top-fails. * ^
On the 28th, at eight o’clock in the morning, we wore,, ThurfdayzS.
and flood again to the S. W. till noon, when we were obliged
to lie to under the fore-fail. At this time the high land
over Cape Campbell bore Weft, diftant ten or twelve leagues.
The Adventure four or five miles to leeward. In the afternoon
the fury of the gale began to abate; when we fet the
main-fail, clofe-reefed main-top-fail', and flood to the northward
with the wind at W. N. W. and W. by N, a ftrong gale,
attended with heavy fqualls.
In the morning of the 29th, the wind abated and fhifted Friday 25;
to S. W. a gentle gale. ' Of this we took immediate advantage,
fet all our fails, and flood for Cape Pallifer, which at
noon bore W. by N. 4 N., diftant about fix leagues. The
wind continued between thé S. W. and South till five in the
evening, when it fell calm. At , this time we were about
three leagues from the Cape. At feven o’clock the calm was
fucceeded by a gentle breeze from N. N. E., as fair as we
could wifh ; fo that we began to reckon what time we fhould
reach the Sound the next day; but at nine the wind fhifted1
toits old quarter N. W., and blew a frefh gale, with which
we ftretched to the S. W., under fingle-reefed top-fails and
courfes with the Adventure in company. She was feen
until midnight, at which time fhe was two or three miles-
a-ftern, and prefently after fhe difappeared'; nor was fhe to
be feen at day-light. We fuppofed fhe had tacked and flood Saturday 305.
to the N. E., by which manoeuvre we loft fight of her.
We continued to ftretch to the weftward with the wind at
N, N. W., which increafed in fuch a manner as fo bring us
under our two courfes, after fplitting a new main-topfail. At
noon