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Revised Jun 7 2021

Bounty Logbook Remarks, Feb. 6, 1788

Tuesday, Feb. 5, 1788

1:00 pm Light Airs & Cloudy Weather. a very Sultry & damp Air

2:00 pm Large Flocks of Gull Peterels about & great quanitites of Fish.

6:00 pm Dark Cloudy Weather.

8:00 pmTaken aback

9:00 pm Light Breezes, set the Fore Top Mast Steering Sail.

10:00 pm Much Lightning

Wednesday, Feb. 6, 1788

12:00 am In Steering Sail. Lightning all round.

2:00 am Set Fore Top Mast Steering Sail

3:00 am Rain Thunder & Lightning

5:00 am In Steering Sail

8:00 am Light Breezes & fair Weather. Got all bedding, Chests & Cloaths up from below, Aired Cleaned & prepared for washing with Vinegar.

12:00 pm Light Breeze & fair Weather. Error in Acct today is 30 miles off. The Time Keeper Longitude I find it owing to a Current setting NBW distance 51 miles the last four days.

Remarks at Noon: Thermometer in Air 80°

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