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Revised Jun 29 2021

Bounty Logbook Oct 3, 1788

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HKFCoursesWindsTher.Rems: Friday 3d October 1788 Observations
1 }Hd NorthCalm"Calm & Fine Wr. and continued with very light Airs of Wind untill Midnight, when a Swell began to make from the Sourthward.
2
31"NEBESEBE" 
42NE At 4h..40′ Latd. 40°..25′ So
Longd. T:K = 213..53 E
Varian same time
A Compass 8°..03′ E
 Do. Turned 6..24
B Compass 7..50
 Do. Turned 8..43 
 Mean  7..45 Et
51"ENESW"Caught several Small Blubbers in a Bucket great numbers being about the Ship. I saw no difference with the common Blubber in the West Indies. Species of the Medusa.
61"Varia:
Westerly
714 
814
916
1016
111NE""The Sea covered with Blubbers and many being close to the Ships sides, I had a most perfect view of them. They emit a light like the blaze of a Candle, and could plainly discover that it came from the Strings that hung from them, which altered the form of it, as they were extended or contracted, the body being distinctly visible.
123E½NN
126EastNNE
23
332EBNNBE
436
55ENENBW
664"""Fresh Breezes and Cloudy. Saw a Seal. Captn. Cook saw Sea Weed nearly in this Spot.
77
86650¾Served Portable Soup in the Pease and Oatmeal as Usual. Cleaned and Aired below.
966No
1063NBWAll this Morning a very heavy Swell from the Southward, altho the Wind freshening from the North.
1174
1276""54Fresh Breezes and Cloudy. Saw a Small Sheerwater about the size of the Blue Peterels. It was of a black or very dark brown colour in every part. I have no sign of being in the Neighbourhood of land but the Seal. In 1st. Reefs.
81Meridian. Altd.
OdotCenter
53°..48′
24738
24819
 LatitudeLongitude
CourseDist.Obsd.D. R.D. R.T. K.L. & T. K. 
No82°E8040°..16′So40°..19′So213°..30′Et215°..32′E215°..49′Et

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