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Revised May 23 2021

Bligh's Resource Logbook Aug 25, 1789

H K F Courses Winds Remarks Tuesday 25th August 1789
125NNWSEbELight Winds and very thick hazy Wr.
226
323
426WNWESE
53
63"""At Sun Set Vulcano Mountain EbN½N Extremes of the Land NWbW to East off Shore 3 Leagues
724WbN
82
92
102
112""ENE
1222
12
226
324WNW
42"
5"6""The Peak on Toorns Island WbN¼N and the Vulcano Mountain EbN
6"4
7"4
8"4
91"WSWSSE
101
1114
122"WNW"DoWr. Toorns Island NW½W to NNW and the Peak NW¼N 4 Leagues & off Shore 3 or 4 Leagues could see no other part of the Coast
46Meridn.Alt.
OdotCenter
70°..22′
231
277
Latitude Longitude West
CourseDist.Obsd.D Rof Coupang
N77W398°..57′S8..50S3°..27′W

Remarks

This Afternoon gave me a better View of the Coast than I have yet had.

The interior parts of the Country are Mountainous and covered with Wood but towards the Sea it slopes gradually and appears elligible for Cultivation. It is here free from Wood except in some Valleys and in those places only we saw several Fires and Smokes.

Round to the Westward of the vulcano the land falls back into a deep bend and here according to the dutch Map I expected to have seen Toorns Island but to my surprize I saw it not until this Morning, which is 13 Leagues to the West of it, and lies off the Coast and not within any part of it as laid down by the dutch.

This Island is very remarkable being cragged and uneven with a curious high peak on the SW part of it from whence it slopes to a point. Its extent may be 3 or 4 Leagues in Circuit.

The Haze is again nearly as bad as a Fog for I can only see the parts of the Coast which are the nearest to us.

Latitude of Toorns Island 8°..50′S Long'd 118..44 Et.


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