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Bounty Logbook Mar 19, 1788

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HKFCoursesWindsTher.Sdgs.Rems. Wednesday 19th March 1788 Observations
146SSWNNW  Very pleasant Clear Wr.
232VariaExercised Small Arms.
32SSESW
41
1

SSW

VARIA

66¼°
At 4h..12′ Latd. 46°..24′ So
Longd. T Keeper 62..16:45 W
Varian pr. Azimhs
A Compass 18..08 Et
 Do. Turned 18..52
B Compass 17..40
 Do. Turned 19..08 
 Mean  18..20 Et
522NNW
622""A Great Fog Bank in the SW.
736
852NW58½°Modt. and very thick Fog wetting as much as Rain In T Gt Steerg Sails
96
107
116"NNW63Hove too and sounded bottom as usual Oozey. Made Sail and set F T Mt Steering Sail and at Midnight steered a true South Course for the Night and Lead going every half hour being nearly in the Latd. Cape Blanco
1252SE"54¼°
156SSE
242
364
472""55½°
57""Fresh Gale & fair Wr. Steered in for The Coast again.
675SSWNW
784
88658°Very fresh Gale and hazy. At 20h. Latd. 47°..35′ So
Longd. T Keeper 62..59 W
Varian pr. Azimhs
A Compass 19..52 Et
 Do. Turned 18..48
B Compass 20..12
 Do. Turned 19..48 
 Mean  19..40 Et
984Whales Albatrosses & Rock weed seen and Sheerwaters and Mother Careys Chickens.
1086NWBW
1184
1284""61°Do. Wr. under all Sails & the Fore Topmt. Steering Sail.
139Meridn. Altd.
OdotCenter
42°..07′
7862
8001
Difference Longd. this day by
DRTK
1°..43′W1°..20′W
 LatitudeLongitudeRems at Noon
CourseDist.Obsd.D. R.D. R.T. K.L. & T. K. 
So.32W12547°..59′So48°..10′So67°..48′W63°..28′W63°..17′W

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Remarks

I had already, if convenient, determined to make the Land about Port Desire but as this was only a secondary Consideration with me when in competition with a fair Wind, I was very little disappointed by the prodigious thick Fog that made it absolutely necessary for steering a safe Course for the night; however I resumed my former Course in the morning, fully expecting a chance of seeing the Land by Noon in which I was disappointed, altho we saw what was supposed to be the looming of it, but this I would not have understood as certain, as that would in some degree fix the Situation of it supposing we could only see 8 or 10 leagues, which I believe was the greatest distance we could see any land of a moderate height. Allowing this as one may please, I considered from my Longd, (which I do not suppose is one half a degree wrong, if any thing at all out) that Port Desire bore No77°Wt. Dist 17 leagues, and its Situation to be 64°..30′ West.

I relyed more on my Soundings than any thing, and therefore as an information to the Watch, I ordered the Lead to be kept going every half hour. The quality of the soundings ever since we first struck Ground has been the same, a greenish kind of fine Sand and Mud, and scarce any of it can be brought up by the lead.


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