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the 23rd of March a few leagues to the westward of Streights le Maire. - The appearance of the country gave me every reason to think I had determined properly - the interior parts only were covered with snow and it appeared evidently that Winter had not set in. - The wind came at south and I could not enter the Streights, I therefore made the most of it & pushed on to double Staten land which I did the next day, having past close to New Years Harbour with fair [indecipherable] that was sufficiently tempting after a long voyage to benefit by the refreshments it could afford us; but dreading the consequences of delay I entered into the Southern Ocean with a fresh gale under low sail. I continued there with constant heavy gales of Westerly winds and severe snow storms and not one time was to the westward of the land in the latd of 60º when a violent gale took me from the SW & West and in lying to lost all I had got. I kept persevering making whatever sail I could at intervals when the wind moderated.- The limits of my Track was between 58º & 61º S - I would still have attempted to get round the land but the grand consideration with me was the