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But as soon as it grew dusk in the Evening, I chang'd my Course, and steer'd directly South and by East, bending my Course a little toward the East, that I might keep in with the Shoar; and having a fair fresh Gale of Wind, and a smooth quiet Sea, I made such Sail that I believe by the next Day at Three a Clock in the Afternoon, when I first made the Land, I could not be less than 150 Miles South of Sallee; quite beyond the Emperor of Morocco's Dominions, or indeed of any other King thereabouts, for we saw no People 去书内
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    But as soon as the evening shadows began to fall, I altered my course and sailed directly south-southeast, adjusting my trajectory slightly eastward to hug the coastline. With a favorable breeze filling my sails and the sea lying calm and serene, I made such good progress that I reckoned, by the following afternoon at three o'clock, when I first sighted the land, I must have been no less than 150 miles south of Sallee—well beyond the realm of the Emperor of Morocco or indeed any other monarch in the vicinity, as we encountered no signs of human habitation.

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