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was over it was cloudy
and blowing from the
north.
We left camp at
10-25 and held our course
nearly direct for Cape South
West which did not seem
very far away. During the
day the wind changed
to south-east and began
to blow.
Fortunately the Cape
remained visible toward
which we held our course
for eleven and a half hours.
It is our second longest
march, at least 35 miles.
It is good to get back
again under the high
cliffs, to sleep just on a
real land. Chat to the
west around whose shores
we have been travelling for
three weeks, should be under
water; may the Devil take
it! I never want to see it
again.
Once we have been
quite the wolves have been
here and came turn up,