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Revised Jun 29 2021

Bounty Logbook Aug 16, 1788

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HKFCoursesWindsTher.Rems: Wednesday 16th August 1788 Observations
173EBSSW Strong Gales and Squally with Rain and much Sea from the Southward.
27"SWBW
364""More Moderate out 4th & 3d Reefs M Topsl & 4th Reef Fore Topsail.
464""46½°
567Few Birds and the Thermometer rising indicates that the southerly wind is nearly over.
667
774
8847¼°Cloudy Wr with Squalls of Rain and fair intervals.
974
107
1174
127E½SWBS47¼°
164
264
364
46647½°
57
672
77
8747½°Cloudy Wr. with less Rain and at times a bright Sun. At 20h:49′ Latd. 43°..56′ So
Longd. T:K = 132..35 Et
Varian. pr. Azimhs same time
A Compass 2°..26′ Et
 Do. Turned 1..26
B Compass 1..26
 Do. Turned 1..12 
 Mean  1..30 Et

In Jany 1780 in Latd 44°..23′ So
and Longd. 131..20 Et. on board
the Resolution, I made the
Variation 6..00 West.
974
107Served Portable Soup and Sweet Wort and dryed and cleaned below with Fires as yesterday.
117
12748¾°Fresh Gale & fair Wr. under Single Reefs. No Birds.
168Meridn. Altd.
OdotCenter
32°..27′
20680
20848
 LatitudeLongitude
CourseDist.Obsd.D. R.D. R.T. K.L. & T. K. 
So83°Et.16943°..58′So44°..01′So135°..10′Et133°..15′Et 

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