BookRix

_Range From Christmas Sound, Round Cape Horn, Through Strait Le Maire,
And Round Staten Land; With An Account Of The Discovery Of A Harbour In
That Island, And A Description Of The Coasts._




At Four O'Clock In the Morning on The 28Th, We Began To Unmoor, And At
Eight Weighed, And Stood Out To Sea, With A Light Breeze At N.W., Which
Afterwards Freshened, And Was Attended with Rain. At Noon, The East
Point Of The Sound (Point Nativity) Bore N. 1/2 W., Distant One And A
Half Leagues, And St Ildefonzo Isles S.E. 1/2 S., Distant Seven Leagues.
The Coast Seemed to Trend In the Direction Of E. By S.; But The Weather
Being very Hazy, Nothing appeared distinct.