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out of sight. -- Passed Cape San Antonio the most westerly part of the Island of Cuba distant about 12 miles. -- A very suspicious looking Sail in shore. -- Thursday 20th. -- The current or gulf stream sets in very strong to the northward here. We have been sailing W. by S. since yesterday at noon and have made in 24 hours 54 miles of northing by our observation. A great number of porpoises sporting round us -- They are from 9 to 10 feet long, with a snout like a hogs but longer; the tail keep a horizontal position unlike most other fishes. The Surface of the water quite luminous from the number of fishes which appear to strikeout: fl lie floating on it. -- The appearance of these is very different from the illumination caused by the water breaking at night. -- The sea appears almost in a blaze from the porpoises sporting about. -- Friday 21st. a A.M. a Sail in sight to the S. Four very large pelicans flew by us, and on of the smallest birds I ever saw hovered about us a long time. The coast of Yucatan in Sight; -- the lands is very low. -- Sounded last night in 25 fathoms, -- this morning in 13 and at noon in 8 fathoms. -- strikeout: The We can see the bottom clearly. -- The wind which ever