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Bounty Logbook Sep 30, 1788

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HKFCoursesWindsTher.Rems. Tuesday 30th. September 1788 Observations
166ENEWNW"Fresh Breezes and Dark Cloudy Wr. In the course of this Evening many Birds came from the Southd. Some Pintada, Blue Peterels, Gannet Albatrosses (called so from the Plumage being very like a Gannet) some Sheerwater. A Whale also was near the Ship.
266
365
465""51½
57
67A Swell beginning to rise from Southd.
77NWBW
8751⅓
966
1066
1166"""Many luminous Spots on the Water which by those we passed near were Blubbers or Species of the Medusa.
126551
17
274"""Fresh Gales in Steering Sails.
375
47251½
575
67"""Thick Wr. and Rain.
774
874West51½Very Squally. Dble Reefed the Fore Topsl. Served Portable Soup as usual and Sweet Wort at 11 oClock.
97 At 21h..17 Latd. 41°..41′ So
Longd. T:K = 208..57 E
107SW
117Cleaned below and empd making Spun Yarn.
127"S50½Open Cloudy Wr. Out 2nd. Reefs F Topsl. Sea from the Southd. Many Blue Peterels, Albatrosses and some Pintada Birds.
169Meridian. Altd.
OdotCenter
51°..20′
24364
24533
 LatitudeLongitude
CourseDist.Obsd.D. R.D. R.T. K.L. & T. K. 
No75°E16941°..36′So41°..37′So207°..32′E209°..22′E209°..49′Et

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