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H	K	F	Courses	Winds	Ther.	Rems. Wednesday 12th March 1788	Observations
1	3	4	WSW	So		Modt & very Cloudy Wr. Many Porpoises and whales about. The kind we constantly see have two Spouts at the back of the head.
2	3		SWBW	SBE
3	3
4	2	4			54¾°	Exercised Small Arms
5	2	2	SWBS	SEBS
6	2	2	"	"		55 fms. soft oozey ground as before scarce any brought up by the lead.
7	1	6	SSW½W	SE
8	1	4	SBW½W		54°	Light Airs & Calms
9	}1		WSW	Calm
10
11	}round the Compass
12					55°	60 fms. Soundings as before
1	}1		SSW	Calm
2
3						Caught a Shark
4	1	x	SBW½W	NBE	56½°	Light Airs. Set T Mt. T Gt and lower Steering Sails.
5	1	2
6	1	2		NBW
7	1	2
8	1	6		NW		Fine Wr. and Smooth water.	At 20h:27′ Latd. 40..06 So Longd T Keeper 57..29 W
9	2					Overhauled all the Rigging, Greased the Topmasts & empd in the Hold getting water to hand.
10	2
11	2	4
12	2	4		NNW	62½°	50 fms. Very fine Wr. Many Albatrosses Sheerwaters, Mother Careys Chickens & Port Egmont Hens sitting on the water as far as we can see & other small Sea Birds, but have not seen one Pintada Bird. Many Whales.
35		Meridn. Altd. Center		52°..38½′
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7323
							Difference Longd. this day by DR TK 0°..35′W 0°..22′W
Latitude Longitude Rems at Noon Course Dist. Obsd. D. R. D. R. T. K. L. & T. K.   So53W 34 40°..14′So 40°..12′So 60°..53′W 57°..23′W 57°..07′W

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