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Bounty Logbook May 14, 1789

HKFCoursesWindsRems. Thursday 14th May 1789 In the Bountys Launch.
14 WtSBWFresh Breezes and cloudy. This afternoon got our cloaths tolerably dry
24WBSSo
34
44
54
64""Served 1/24 of a lb of Bread and a Jill of water for Supper to each person
74
84""Wind freshening and Shipping water so that we are all wet again.
94
104
114
124""Cold and wet.
136WestSBW
24
34
436
536
634""Saw Islands. O from SWBS 8 leags. a P NWBW¾W 6 leags. Q the largest with two remarkable Hills WBS¾S 7 leags. and a Smaller Island with a high Sugar Loaf Peak W¾S 4 or 5 leags..
Served 1/24 lb of Bread and a Jill of water for Breakfast.
744NWBN
844"SE
944
1044NWBW
1144
125WNW"Open Cloudy Wr. The Sugar Loaf Peak and Isld. P in one at S½E dist from Isld. P 4 leags. Isld. Q SSW½W. We now discovered a rocky Key NWBN 4 leags. and another Isld. R West about 8 leags. the whole being Six in number. Land fertile and woody. Isld. O not in sight. Steered for Isld. R.
Served 1/24 lb of Bread and a Jill of water for Dinner.
100Meridn. Altd.
OdotCenter
57°..49′
869
969
 LatitudeLongitude
CourseDist.Obsd.D. R.D. R. 
N63°W8913°..29′S13°..48′S169°..31′Et

Journal

Constantly shipping water and very wet suffering much cold and shivering in the night. Served the usual allowance of 1/24 lb Bread and a Jill of water three times a day.

At 6 In the Morning I discovered Islands from SWBS 8 leagues to NWBW¾ 6 leagues which I soon after found to be four all of them high and remarkable. At Noon I discovered a Rocky Key NWBN 4 leagues and another Island West 8 leagues so that the whole were 6 in Number, the four I had first seen bearing from S½E to SWBS distant 3 leagues from the nearest Island.


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