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Bounty Logbook May 2, 1788

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HKFCoursesWindsTher.Rems. Friday 2nd May 1788 Observations
144NEBESW"Fresh Gales and Cloudy Wr. which soon Moderated, and the Wind became Variable and Squally with Rain.
244"""
34""WSW
432"44°
52"NW
6243¼°In 1st Reefs.
71"Varia
82"NE43¾°Fresh Gales close reefed the Topsails. Rainy Wr.
934NNW
104
114NBWSEBE
1242NENE44½°
134NBEE"Hard Squalls & Rain. Handed Fore Topsl.
232NNEEBSLightning in the NW & NE.
333NEBNEBS
434NEESE43°Strong Gales and Rain.
534NEBESEBE
644ENESE
744
846SEBS44½°Modt. out Reefs & make more Sail but Still dark Gloomy Wr. with Squalls & Rain. Our Principal duty drying Cloaths & cleaning and airing below with Fires.
934SSE
101
1
5
5

NEBE
114Served Sweet Wort as usual.
1246ENES44½°Fresh Breezes & unsettled Wr. with Rain at times & much Sea from the Southwd.
Large Flocks of the small Blue Peterel & some brown Albatrosses about us. One Whale seen.
84Meridian. Altd.
OdotCenter
30°..41′
11925
11999
 LatitudeLongitude
CourseDist.Obsd.D. R.D. R.T. K.L. & T. K.
No49E7343°..38′So43°..45′So38°..39′W  

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