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Bounty Logbook Mar 10, 1788

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HKFCoursesWindsTher.Rems. Monday 10th March 1788 Observations
16"SWBSNW"Very fine pleasant Wr. but very hazy. Untll this afternoon I had hopes I could have performed the Voyage without punishment to any One, but I found it necessary to punish Mathew Quintal with 2 dozen lashes for Insolence and Contempt.
26SSW
36
46""62°
55 At 5h..32′ Latd 39°11′00″ So
Longd T Keeper 55..12..37 W
65"No60½°Sounded with 160 fms Streight line but found no Bottom.
75
85""59¼°Fine Night all Steering Sails set. A heavy Dew and faint Lightning in the SW.
95
105"NNE
115
125""59°A very heavy Dew & Lightning. In Top Gt Steering Sails.
144
244
34
45459¾°Some Thunder. Cloudy inclinable to a Fog.
554North
646WNWSqually In Steering Sails.
72SBESWBW
814SSWWt60°Foggy round the horizon and the banks appearing very much like land.
92SBESWBWMany Albatrosses Sheerwaters & Port Egmont Hens about.
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Sounded 83 fms oozy bottom. scarce any to be brought up by the Lead.
1142SEBSSWBS
1244""58½°Modt & Cloudy Wr. no Observation.
108
7097
7205
Difference Longd. this day by
DRTK
  
 LatitudeLongitudeRems at Noon
CourseDist.Obsd.D. R.D. R.T. K.L. & T. K. 
So29°W101None40°..14′S58°..57′W  

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