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Revised May 24 2021

Bligh's Resource Logbook Sep 18, 1789

H K F Courses Winds Remarks Friday 18th Sept'r. 1789 Crissey
1   ENEModerate and Cloudy with distant Thunder
2At 2 Weighed with three prows in Company
3""NbW"Soundings 4..5..6 fms.
4""NNbWSound'gs 7..7..7½ fms. Came too in 7 fms.
5The Tide running from the Norh'd. Crissey S½W abt 4 Miles Entrance of the Streights N¾W to N¾E
6
7"""NNEThe Navigation is here to intricate for me to give any discription of it
8"""ENEThe Land is low & Pulo Manari is a small Island that lies on Java side
9
10""""Tide from the Southward
11
12"""ESE
1
2
3
4""""Tide from the Northward
5
6
7
8
9""""Fresh Breezes Weigh'd
10""N
11""NbWVariable Soundings from 14 to 2 fms.
12""NWbWNEbEExtremes of Java NWbN to S.E. the Et. extreme being Pulo Manaree 3 or 4 Miles dist. North Point Madura NEbE½E a dutch Indiaman coming from the N'd.
  Prows in Company
Meridn.Alt.
OdotCenter
81°:15′
 
 
 
Latitude Long'de West
CourseDist.Obsd.D Rof Coupang
  7°..00′ 13°..30′ W

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