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Bounty Logbook Mar 12, 1788

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HKFCoursesWindsTher.Rems. Wednesday 12th March 1788 Observations
134WSWSo Modt & very Cloudy Wr. Many Porpoises and whales about. The kind we constantly see have two Spouts at the back of the head.
23SWBWSBE
33
42454¾°Exercised Small Arms
522SWBSSEBS
622""55 fms. soft oozey ground as before scarce any brought up by the lead.
716SSW½WSE
814SBW½W54°Light Airs & Calms
9}1WSWCalm
10
11}round the Compass
1255°60 fms. Soundings as before
1}1SSWCalm
2
3Caught a Shark
41xSBW½WNBE56½°Light Airs. Set T Mt. T Gt and lower Steering Sails.
512
612NBW
712
816NWFine Wr. and Smooth water. At 20h:27′ Latd. 40..06 So
Longd T Keeper 57..29 W
92Overhauled all the Rigging, Greased the Topmasts & empd in the Hold getting water to hand.
102
1124
1224NNW62½°50 fms. Very fine Wr. Many Albatrosses Sheerwaters, Mother Careys Chickens & Port Egmont Hens sitting on the water as far as we can see & other small Sea Birds, but have not seen one Pintada Bird. Many Whales.
35Meridn. Altd.
OdotCenter
52°..38½′
7288
7323
Difference Longd. this day by
DRTK
0°..35′W0°..22′W
 LatitudeLongitudeRems at Noon
CourseDist.Obsd.D. R.D. R.T. K.L. & T. K. 
So53W3440°..14′So40°..12′So60°..53′W57°..23′W57°..07′W

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