. Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan. Il,,;^,;,i\^^^^. ROUTE FROM THE CAPE TO MAURITIUS. 127 fearing that the wind might hack again to the eastward, was careful not tomake too much northing, lest he might fall to the leeward of Mauritius, thuslosing the benefit of a fair wind, which not only increases the rate of goingof a steamer, as of a sailing vessel, but also saves the fuel of the the 11th to the 14th of February, inclusive, the wind continued fromthe southward and eastward, and at the latter date the ship reached latitude29
. Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan. Il,,;^,;,i\^^^^. ROUTE FROM THE CAPE TO MAURITIUS. 127 fearing that the wind might hack again to the eastward, was careful not tomake too much northing, lest he might fall to the leeward of Mauritius, thuslosing the benefit of a fair wind, which not only increases the rate of goingof a steamer, as of a sailing vessel, but also saves the fuel of the the 11th to the 14th of February, inclusive, the wind continued fromthe southward and eastward, and at the latter date the ship reached latitude29° 34^, and longitude 55^^ 22, from which period to her arrival at port Louison the 18th the wind hung to the northward and eastward, the trades havingentirely failed. The weather throughout the passage was fine, the barometervarying from 29° 80 to 29° 95^, the thermometer from 74° to 84°, the cur-rents setting with the wind, and running at about three quarters of a knotper hour. There is no reason to doubt the correctness of the opinion of Horsburgh,to the effect that the best route for a sailing
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