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Revised Jun 28 2021

Bounty Logbook May 3, 1788

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HKFCoursesWindsTher.Rems. Saturday May 3d 1788 Observations
14"ENESBW"Fresh Breezes & open Cloudy Wr. Empd Making Spun Yarn.
26SSW
36
47""45°Fresh Gales and Squally with Rain.
564
664
764NEBES
87ENESBW43½°
974
1074
1174
127443°
174
274
376
48""42¾°
584
686NEBE"Hard Squalls.
782ENE
88442¼°Fresh Gales & fair Wr. out Reefs & set F T Mt. Steerg Sail. Could get no Observn. for the Variation. At 20h..53′ Latd. 42°..50′ So
Longd T K = 35..37 W
982
108Got all bedding & Cloaths up of every kind to air & Cleaned well below & dryed with Fires. Served Sweet Wort, a pint a Man as Usual.
118
128""40½°Squalls of Hail & Snow, much Sea from the Southwd. many flocks of Blue Peterels with some brown Albatrosses & Pintada Birds about us.
176Meridian. Altd.
OdotCenter
58°..37′
11999
12175
 LatitudeLongitudeAllowed
1¼ pt Varian Et
1 pt for the Sea
& bearing up
CourseDist.Obsd.D. R.D. R.T. K.L. & T. K.
ENE¼E17642°..39′So42°..39′So34°..42′W35°..05′W34°..50′Wt

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