On the whole, this month of October, the first of the southern spring, was not ushered in by satisfactory tokens, and the wind had a tendency to shift from one point of the compass to another, which rendered it impossible to count upon settled weather.
Aquel mes de octubre, principio de la primavera austral, no se anunciaba de modo satisfactorio, y el viento tenía tendencia a saltar de un punto de la roca a otro, de suerte que no permitía contar con un tiempo seguro.