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We passed the nearest of Cape De Verd Isles at 9/15 am. It presented a barren rocky appearance and it was a good Sample of the others that we passed On rounding this isle we saw a welcome sight Some dozen or so of ships lying at anchor in a good sized bay which was [deleted]not[/deleted] [inserted]none[/inserted] other than our looked for little port on the of St Vincent you can find it on the map. It is a coaling station. San Antonio & Jago I believe are the largest of the De Verde Isles they are situated of the N.W. coast of africa and are under the control of the Portugese goverment We were soon in the bay which is a very good one and pretty well sheltered I could now see the reason why we did not enter the harbour last night The coast was lined with sharpe & treacherous rocks & direct in the [deleted]cetre[/deleted] [inserted]centre[/inserted] of entrance to the