Bounty Logbook May 23, 1788

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Bounty Logbook May 23, 1788

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Courses

Winds

Ther.

Rem^s. Friday 23^d May 1788

Observations

EBS

NBE

Fresh Gales & Cloudy. In 2^nd. Reefs.

Saw the Table Land of the C. of Good Hope E½N off shore 8 or 9 leagues.

SEBE

62¼°

D^o. W^r. The Sugar loaf Hill in Table Bay NE 6 or 7 leagues.

EBN½N

N^o

Tk^d. D^o. W^r. with some Rain. Tripled the Topsails & hauled the Wind. Sounded 20 fm^s. coarse shells. C. Good Hope SE½S 4 leagues.

WBN½N

62¾°

WBS

NWBN

No Ground at 75 fm^s.

WNW

SWBS

WBN

SSW

West

62°

Mod^t. & fair W^r. Hove Main Top Sail to the Mast & sounded 80 fm^s but no Ground. Cape Good Hope EBN.

SWBS

WBN

N^o

WNW

61½°

D^o. W^r. Cape Good Hope E½N, 4 leag^s.

1
1

NBE
East

"
"

Bore away.

Hove too, Sounded 69 fm^s. C. G. Hope E^t. 4 leagues nearly.

ESE

61½°

Light Winds & fine W^r. C Good Hope ENE 5 Miles, West^t. Land N½E^t.

At 20^h..23′ Lat^d. 34°..28′ S^o
Long^d. T K by R B 18..43 E^t
At 20^h..31′ Lat^d. 34..28 S^o
Long^d. T K by T H 18..42 E^t
Variaⁿ same time
A Compass 23..51 W
D^o. Turned 23..58
B Compass 24..01
D^o. Turned 22..31
Mean 23..35 W.

SSE

Many Seals Gannets, Albatrosses & some Shags with Patches of Rock Weed as big as in the Stem as a Mans leg passing.

NEBE

ESE

60½°

D^o. W^r. & Cloudy. C. Good Hope N15W dist^t about 3 leag^s. Cape False EBN½E & the Eastm^t high Land of Simons Bay N½E^t.
The Sail seen Yesterday now in the Offing & hoists Dutch Colours is coming in here by her Working to Windward.

Meridiaⁿ. Alt^d.
Odot

Center

34°..46′

14946

15023

		Latitude		Longitude			Rems at Noon
Course	Dist.	Obs^d.	D. R.	D. R.	T. K.	L. & T. K.	True
		34°..29′S^o		22°..22′E^t	18°..52′E^t	18..52 E	18..29 E^t

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Remarks

Being certain of my Situation altho the Weather rather thick I carried all possible Sail to make the land, and to my expectation I made the Table land very distinctly at 2 O'Clock. I Steered in a direction along shore to make the Cape, False Bay being the proper place for me to get refreshments at this Season of the Year. I spent the Night under Sail, and at Day break was very well situated to get in; but the Wind being variable and having not much of it, our progress to Noon was very triffling. I showed our Colours to the Ship in the Offing which proved to be a Dutch East India Man, and by her tacking I found she was endeavouring to get in here, which Yesterday I had no Idea of, by her keeping so much to the Southward, but I imagine she had it not in her power to be benefited by a latitude, as my certain situation in that respect was only owing to a Meridian Altd. of the Moon. Some Ships keep in the Lat. of the Cape when they are bound to False Bay, but that is by no Means so proper as keeping in the latitude of Table Bay 33..55 S^o. the Land being there very high and Remarkable, besides if by keeping nearly as you can in the Lat^d. of the Cape, there should be an error in your Accounts of 4 or 5 leagues in Lat^d. which frequently happens when no Observation, a ship may pass the Cape without seeing it in hazy thick Weather and be to the Eastward of False Bay before they are aware of it. All the Cape Land being considerably lower than about Table Bay.


By Angles I made the Cape to bear at the
                                                                N    E
time the Longitudes by Time Keeper were found, N42E^t 5 Miles — 3.7  3.3 = 4.0
Mean Longitude by Time Keeper                                    18..42..30
Longitude by       D^o    D^o off the Cape of Good Hope            18..46..30 E^t
The Latitude I make as I have done in a former voyage            34..23..00 S^o.
The true Longitude of the Cape is allowed to be in               18..23..15 E^t