Their number was now considerably diminished; for two young bulls, one of the heifers, two rams, and several of the goats, had died while our navigators where employed in exploring Kerguelen's Land.

For some time they had fresh gales, and tolerably clear weather.

But on the 3rd of January, 1777, the wind veered to the north, where it continued eight days, and was attended with so thick a fog, that the ships ran above three hundred leagues in the dark.
Occasionally the weather would clear up, and give our people a sight of the sun; but this happened very seldom, and was always of short continuance.

However, amidst all the darkness produced by the fog, the vessels, though they seldom saw each other, were so fortunate, in consequence of frequently firing guns as signals, that they did not lose company.

On the 12th, the northerly winds ended in a calm.