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Rev. Robert Hunt at San Gregorio, 1845
Diary kept by the missionary companion of Captain Allen Gardiner
December 1844
Dec. 10thOutward Voyage
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Monday, February 17th, 1845
On Friday, February 14th we neared Cape Blanco, the N. E. part of Patagonia. We sailed along the coast all Saturday but lost sight of it again until Monday, 17th when we saw Cape Virgins at the N. E. of the Straits of Magellan; a strong contrary wind and head sea and then a calm, kept us tacking about unable to weather the Cape till Tuesday evening, when we anchored off Point Dungeness. The appearance of the coast is very desolate; apparently the cliffs are clay. Not a tree in all this part of the country but it is thinly dotted with bushes.