The wind, after shifting for several days, blowing sometimes from the north, sometimes from the south, settled definitely in the west.

But it was always a strong breeze, almost a gale, which strained the masting.
It was the 5th of April.

So, then, more than two months had already elapsed since the "Pilgrim" had left New Zealand.

For twenty days a contrary wind and long calms had retarded her course.

Then she was in a favorable condition to reach land rapidly.