(true), the main swell in from S.E.

by S.or S.S.E.There seems to be another from south but none from the direction from which the wind is now blowing.

The wind has been getting squally: now the squalls are lessening in force, the sky is clearing and we seem to be approaching the end of the blow.

I trust it may be so and that the New Year will bring us better fortune than the old.
If so, it will be some pleasure to write 1910 for the last time .-- Land oh! At 10 P.M.

to-night as the clouds lifted to the west a distant but splendid view of the great mountains was obtained.