Mar. 19, 1788
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Mar. 21, 1788
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1:00 pm Fresh Gales & fair Weather but hazy.
3:00 pm Bent the Main Staysail.
7:00 pm In Fore Top Mast steering Sail.
8:00 pm A Strong Gale in 1st and 2nd Reefs.
4:00 am More Moderate.
6:00 am Out Reefs & set the Fore Top Mast steering Sail.
8:00 am Fresh Gales & Hazy Weather.
10:00 am Set the After Steering Sails a very confused Sea & beginning to run high from the NNW.
12:00 pm Moderate Breezes and fair Weather but hazy all round, & a sea getting up from the Southward and many Birds about. Among them were Two Snow or Ice Birds as they are sometimes called.
As I became now very anxious to get to the Southward, I made the most of a fair Wind, and I considered Sounding of too little consequence to induce me to heave too, that I might be enabled to get to the Southward of Falklands Islands where I do not at present intend to touch, being determined if possible to make a push into the South Sea without stopping at any place. Towards Noon a very high Sea began to rise from the Southward. and altho not much Wind it broke very much. At Noon the Wind lessend, the sea became confused and troublesome and the Clouds began to gather in the S.W. I now found that the North Westmost of the Falklands Islands, called the Jasons, bore S.72E. 135 Miles and Port Desire N.17E. 164 Miles. A Great many Albatrosses, Peterels, and other Sea Birds about us and two Snow Birds, one of them hovered for a long time about the Masts & Yards and seemed quite tired perched several times but the People anxious to catch it at last drove it away, this Bird is about the Size of a large Pigeon perfectly Web footed and a thick white Bill and flies like a land Bird.
Mar. 19, 1788
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