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Revised Jun 29 2021

Bounty Logbook Sep 24, 1788

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HKFCoursesWindsTher.Rems: Wednesday 24th September 1788 Observations
126NEBENBW"Fair Wr. but the head Sea so great can make very little way against it.
226
326
423""49Several Patches of Rock Weed Seen. Cloudy Wr.
524 At 4h..9′ Latd. 48°,.,29′ So
Latd. [sic] TK = 186..42 Et
622NE½ENNW
72NEBENBW
82""48½
92
102
112"""Lightning in the NNW. My Intention was to [run?] my
Longd. down in latd. 48..00 So.
where a space of about 13° of lat.
remains without Track of any
Ship. But several of ye People
beginning to complain of the
Rehumatism and others [?]
I could not longer think of keeping
them in variable and bad Wr.
and therefore Steered NE.
122649
134NENNW"Squally. Dble Reefed the Fore & Mizn Topsl
236
33"NWBN
435"NWBW48½
544
65"""Albatrosses and Brown Peterels.
75
86"WNW48¾Fresh Breezes and Dark Cloudy Wr. with Rain. Served Portable Soup in the Oatmeal & Pease as usual and at 11 oClock I began to serve Sweet Wort again. Sailmrs repairing the Old M. Topsail in my Cabin.
96"SW
106
115
1257""45½Fresh Breezes and Cloudy. M Top Mt and lower Steering Sail set. Few Small Albatrosses.
86Meridian. Altd.
OdotCenter
42°..34′
23487
23573
 LatitudeLongitude
CourseDist.Obsd.D. R.D. R.T. K.L. & T. K. 
No70°E8448°..03′So48°..02′So187°..02′Et188°..42′Et 

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