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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 ., 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 . 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. We continued to steer . by E. and .; with a fresh breeze at ., till four o'clock. | A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels Vol. 15 1 A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels Vol. 15 The Project Gutenberg EBook of A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels Vol. 15 of 18 by Robert Kerr This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels Vol. 15 of 18 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation Discovery And Commerce By Sea And Land From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time Volume 15. Continuing An Account of a Voyage towards the South Pole and round the World performed in his Majesty s ships the Resolution and Adventure in the Years 1772 3 4 and 5 Written by James Cook Commander of the Resolution Author Robert Kerr Release Date January 6 2005 EBook 14611 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK KERR S VOYAGES VOL. 15 Produced by Robert Connal Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions A GENERAL HISTORY AND COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS ARRANGED IN SYSTEMATIC ORDER FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION DISCOVERY AND COMMERCE BY SEA AND LAND FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE PRESENT TIME. BY ROBERT KERR . . EDIN. ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND CHARTS. VOL. XV. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD EDINBURGH AND T. CADELL LONDON. MDCCCXXIV. CONTENTS OF VOL. XV. PART II. 2 PART II. Continuing An Account of a Voyage towards the South Pole and round the World performed in his Majesty s ships the Resolution and Adventure in the Years 1772 3 4 and 5 Written by James Cook Commander of the Resolution. CHAP. .