Thursd^y. 7^th. May 1789 1 [pm] mod^t. & fair 3 [pm] Saw another Isl^d to the NNW 5 [pm] The above Isl^d we found join to the one set at Noon NbW½W At 5¾ - The extrem^s of the above Island from NbW½W to NE½E Land as far as SWbW on the S^o. & NW½W on the north pas'd over a reef w^th. 4 feet water 7 [pm] Served a Jill of water & a bit of bread 1 [am] light squalls 3 [am] At day discovered land to leeward from WNW to WSW like numbers of high Rocky Isld^s & some low land from 8 to 4 leag^s. dis^t – A high round Hill Isl^d. NNW 6 leag^s & land SSE the same as set SWbW last night 7 [am] at 7^h½ Tk.^d Extrem^s Land to leew^d NW 5 leag^s. to SWbW½W a high Rock 5 leag^s. – High Isl^d NbE 12 [noon] Cloudy & Varia W^r. Curr^t set^g us torwd^s the Shore two small Isles WNW 2 Mile being the North extreme of the land. Saw two [?] cannoes coming to us – out oars to get from them souther^st. Land SbW

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