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Revised May 21 2021

Bounty Logbook Remarks, Jan. 5, 1788

Friday, Jan. 4, 1788

1:00 pm Fresh Breezes and very hazy Weather. Steered to the South to Clear the Salvages & have a safe Run for the Night.

6:00 pm In all Steering Sails but the Foretopmast.

11:00 pm In Fore Topmast Steering Sail.

Saturday, Jan. 5, 1788

12:00 am Supposing myself to the Southward of the Salvages Steered more to the Westward.

6:00 am Very Cloudy Weather. Made all Sail and Steered a direct course for Tenariff.

9:00 am Saw Tennariff bearing WBS½S. Cleaned and dryed below very Cloudy over the Land. Saw the Grand Canary bearing South.

12:00 pm Moderate & Cloudy the extremes of the Island from West to S62W. Two Rocks which may be called the Brothers W2S and a very high Rock like the Needles W3S 4 leagues. The Brothers are the North of all the Land. No Birds or Fish seen.

Remarks at Noon: Thermometer in Air 66½

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