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?t of ?e b?ng ?n?, ?hich blew.?.?es ?. ro? ?e ?. ?er cl?dng ?e b?, the weber J? l?. beg? ? ?s?e its ?matening' appe?n?, but fi? of the de?y ofw?fi?.for ?e.wea?er we d?r?n? ? p?, ?d s?r? ?r Cape fo?. Ha?ng reded ?s ?e ?urse was dir? for Ca? ?at?, on our way.? w? we s?r? ?m?n ?e ?me Isles' Group. ?d a 1? is!?d. On pass?g round Ca? ?aRe?, o? ?e w? dire? to Point L?kout, ?d ?in ?e I?and Group, but to ?aw? of the isl?ds, q. ShoWy ?e?s ?e isl?ds of Ho?ck's. Group were s?n m s?wa? on our ?w, ?d ?er low isles a-he?; ?d beyond ?e? was Noble Island. U?n r? Howick's ?oup, a ?voumble pl? offedng'?der ?e ]? of ?uthemmost is?d, No. 3, we ? in ?d ? ? the s?it or ?el ?at ?tes .it ?om No. 9. ' ?e isl?d, No. 3, ?i? low, pro-. t? us o?y from the swe?, and as ?e wind blew fr?h ?om ?e S.E. duri? t? ?ght, wi? a cross fide, ?e cut?r ?e ?ery une?ily. At four o'cl?k ?e next morn?g the ? w?. f?d to have dr? at le?t h?f a ?le to lee- wa?, but whe?er du?ng the ?st or ?d?e ?n of the ?ght, it w? not e?y ? ?ver; had ?e island No. 2, b?n a queer of a ?le n?er, we shoed have had lit?e ch?ce of es?pi? Q2 ?t?