harbour, to set me the sooner into the true general tradewind.

The tide of flood being spent, and having a fine land-breeze on the 23rd
in the morning, I went away from the anchoring place before it was light;
and then lay by till daylight that we might see the better how to go out
of the harbour. I had a pilot belonging to Mr. Cock who went out with me,
to whom I gave 3 dollars; but I found I could as well have gone out
myself by the soundings I made at coming in. The wind was east by north
and fair weather. By 10 o'clock I was got past all danger and then sent
away my pilot.

CAPE SALVADOR.

At 12 Cape Salvador bore north distant 6 leagues, and we had the winds
between the east by north and south-east a considerable time, so that we
kept along near the shore, commonly in sight of it. The southerly blasts
had now left us again; for they come at first in short flurries, and
shift to other points (for 10 or 12 days sometimes) before they are quite
set in: and we had uncertain winds, between sea and land-breezes, and the
coasting trade, which was itself unsettled.

THE WINDS ON THE BRAZILIAN COAST; AND ABROLHO SHOAL; FISH AND BIRDS: THE
SHEARWATER BIRD, AND COOKING OF SHARKS.

The easterly winds at present made me doubt I should not weather a great
shoal which lies in latitude between 18 and 19 degrees south, and runs a
great way into the sea, directly from the land, easterly. Indeed the
weather was fair (and continued so a good while) so that I might the
better avoid any danger from it: and if the wind came to the southward I
knew I could stretch off to sea; so that I jogged on courageously. The