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counted by the thousand. A few Albatrosses
and a number of other birds also are
flying round us It is very cold to-day &
a very heavy sea is rolling. It is the
roughest we have had since leaving the
Bay of Biscay All the hatches are closed
up with the exception of a little hole
we can squeeze through. The sea
must be much shallower here as it
is of a light green colour

Sun Jany 25th 1880

192 miles 33 [degrees] 30" Lat S 17 [degrees] 58" Long E Quite a
change this morning instead of tumbling
about the sea is almost as placed
as a lake being of a dirty yellowish
brown color The sailors sighted land
about 8 oclock this morning but we could
not see it for some time after. We
hugged the coast down to the cape.
The coasts presents a long line of