This, Together, With An Increase Of Wind, Obliged
Us To Lie-To Till Eight O'clock The Next Morning, During Which Time We Saw
Nothing Of The Adventure, Notwithstanding The Weather Was Pretty Clear, And
We Had Kept Firing Guns, And Burning False Fires, All Night.
I therefore
gave over looking for her, made sail, and steered S.E., with a very fresh
gale at W. by N., accompanied with a high sea from the same direction.
While we were beating about here; we frequently saw penguins and divers,
which made us conjecture the land was not far off; but in what direction it
was not possible for us to tell. As we advanced to the south, we lost the
penguins, and most of the divers; and, as usual, met with abundance of
albatrosses, blue peterels, sheer-waters, &c.
The 11th, at noon, and in the latitude of 51 deg. 15' S., longitude 67 deg. 20' E.,
we again met with penguins: and saw an egg bird, which we also look upon to
be a sign of the vicinity of land. I continued to steer to the S.E., with a
fresh gale in the north-west quarter, attended with a long hollow swell,
and frequent showers of rain, hail, and snow. The 12th, in the morning,
being in the latitude of 52 deg. 32' S., longitude 69 deg. 47' E., the variation
was 31 deg. 38' W. In the evening, in the latitude of 53 deg. 7' S., longitude 70 deg.
50' E., it was 32 deg.
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