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Revised May 23 2021

Bligh's Resource Logbook Aug 26, 1789

H K F Courses Winds Remarks Wednesday 26 Aug't. 1789
126WNWESELight Breezes and thick hazy Wr.
23
33
432Et.
534
61
1
5
5

WbN
ESEWestermost Land in Sight W½N 5 Leagues & the peak of Toorns Island E½S 4 Leagues
74"W½SEt.
834
932hauld the Wind
103"""High Land NNW the West Extremes set at Sun Set
1114So.ESELight Airs
1212
114
21
31"""Wore The high Land NNE
42"NEbESEbE
53
61
1
4
6
NNW"Bore away
73"NWbW
824""The Extremes from NWbW½W to East Nearest Shore N.N.E 4 Miles
916WNW
1014
1114NWbW
1214Very hazy Wr. a Sugar Loaf Rock NNW½W 2 Leags a Hillock which I take to be the West End of Flores on with North part of Rotten Island NW½N. South point of Rotten Island NWbW and the Eastmost Land in sight which I kept off last Night E½S Nearest Shore North 3 or 4 Miles
59
277
336
Latitude Longitude West
CourseDist.Obsd.D R
  none8..50S 

Remarks

I steerd past Toorns Island with a Stream in our favor for by guessed distances it appear'd to me that we had gained 3 Leagues in distance by Sun Set. This Island appear'd to be a very habitable & pleasant spot having low Land round the Shore and covered with Wood except towards the Hills where it was in some places bare which with a romantick Rockey Peak of a considerable height formed a very picturesque appearance.

At Sun Set the Westermost land appear'd high and from it towards Toorns Island the Land formed in a variety of high Hills & Dales.

AT 10 OClock being the length of the Westermost land seen at Sun set & the Coast appearing to fall back very much to the Northward I kept on & off all Night lest I might get past the Streights.

At day light I found the Land and the Coast to be very different from what I expected by the Map I have of it. The part I had been off all Night was the East part of a deep bend of the Coast and by 8 OClock the West part of the same formed with very high Land and a steep Shore. With these parts which I take to be Islands the Coast lay in a NW direction formed by several high heads off one of which is a Single Sugar Loaf Rock. The inclination of the Coast led me to think I was abreast of Streights Mangaryne & seeing Land in the NWbW I took it for the South point of Rotten Island.

I find the Latitude of Toorns Island to be 8°..50′ So. and Long'de 118..44′ Et. which is 40 Miles to the Westward of the Vulcano Mountain.


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