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302 past Cape St Antonio about 3 Pm, this Cape, is the southerly point of the Island of Cuba, the land is rather low, and covered with trees, from the light here at Cape St Antonio, our course is North at present- the Capt tell me from this Cape to Havana 185 miles- and that he calculated by coming this way,/ Gulf Stream,/ he would have 150 miles current in our favour- and this would make a difference of only 50 miles in favour of the passage round the South side of Cuba.- then again that distance is more than overcome as we have better weather through here-/ or at least/, can make better passages to N York this way, at this time of fear- than by the South of Cuba.- I hope we shall have better weather now,- Thursday Dec 21h,- not so rough as yesterday, but cooler, changed my thin clothes so cool- at 12 M- we are in Lat 23-40=north- Long 82-58-west- distance the last 24 hours 201 miles.- there was a death on board this morning, it was that of a young man from New- York he was an Express messenger, and came out from New- York, in this Boat, last trip, he was taken before they arrived at Aspinwall, and was not well enough to land when they arrived there so he remained on board, and was on his