us; and at noon Cape Palliser bore west, distant eight or nine leagues.  This Cape is the northern point of Eaheinomauwe.  We continued to stretch to the southward till midnight, when the wind abated and shifted to S.E.  Three hours after, it fell calm, during which we loosed the reefs out, with the vain hopes that the next wind which came would be favourable.  We were mistaken; the wind only took this short repose, in order to gain strength, and fall the heavier upon us.  For at five o’clock in the morning, being the 25th, a gale sprung up at N.W. with which we stretched to S.W.; Cape Palliser at this time bore N.N.W., distant eight or nine leagues.  The wind increased in such a manner, as obliged us to take in one reef after another; and, at last, it came on with such fury, as made it necessary to take in all our sails with the utmost expedition, and to lie-to under bare poles.  The sea rose in proportion with the wind; so that we had a terrible gale and a mountainous sea to encounter.  Thus after beating up against a hard gale for two days, and arriving just in sight of our port, we had the mortification to be driven off from the land by a furious storm.  Two favourable circumstances attended it, which gave us some consolation; it was fair over head, and we were not apprehensive of a lee-shore.

The storm continued all the day without the least intermission.  In the evening we bore down to look for the Adventure, she being out of sight to leeward, and after running the distance we supposed her to be off, brought to again without seeing her; it being so very hazy and thick in the horizon, that we could not see a mile round us, occasioned by the spray of the sea being lifted up to a great height by the force of the wind.  At midnight the gale abated; soon after fell little wind; and at last shifted to S.W., when we wore, set the courses and top-sails close-reefed, and stood in for the land.  Soon after the wind freshened and fixed at south; but as the Adventure was some distance a-stern, we lay by for her till eight o’clock, when we both made all sail, and steered N. by W. 1/2 W. for the Strait.  At noon observed in 42 deg. 27’ south, Cape Palliser, by judgment, bore north, distant seventeen leagues.  This favourable wind was not of sufficient duration; in the afternoon it fell by little and little, and at length to a calm; this at ten o’clock was succeeded by a fresh breeze from the north, with which we stretched to the westward.

At three o’clock next morning, we were pretty well in with Cape Campbell on the west side of the Strait, when we tacked, and stretched over for Cape Palliser, under courses and close-reefed top-sails, having the wind at N.W., a very strong gale and fair weather.  At noon, we tacked and stretched to S.W., with the last-mentioned Cape bearing west, distant four or five leagues.  In the afternoon, the gale increased in such a manner as brought us under our courses.  We continued to stretch to the S.W. till midnight, when we wore, and set close-reefed top-sails.