I may here observe that the barometer was very high with these fresh South-East winds and hazy weather, and rather low during the light North-West winds we experienced in the neighbourhood of Cape Capricorn.
Great Sea, for which reason Ships moor North-East and South-West, and in such a manner as to have an Open Hawse with North-West winds.
This is their Cape Lannes; and on its north side is a small bay, called the Baye de Rivoli, with a sandy shore and open to west winds.
The leakiness of the ship increased with the continuance of the south-west winds; and at the end of a week, amounted to five inches of water an hour.
Where the rocky coast ceases to the eastward, the shore falls back, affording shelter for vessels in north-west winds; a rock lies off the southern point of this anchorage.
North-West winds, and rising as the wind veered to west and West-South-West.
It is much exposed to west winds, and the westerly swell, which might for weeks together prevent a vessel from getting out to sea.
With the north-west winds we generally had foul weather, but whenever the wind changed to the south-west quarter, it cleared up and became pleasant.
I think the direction, in which those pieces of ice seemed to have been driven, is a strong proof of the prevalence of south-west winds in this part of the ocean.
The days gradually become warmer, and the blighting north-west winds are to be apprehended.
The rainy season, marked by west and south-west winds, begins at the end of September or the beginning of October.
The harbor is sheltered from the south-west winds, but is exposed to the north-west.
It is open to the south-west winds, but sheltered from the north-west.
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