Bounty Logbook Remarks with Google map, Oct. 3, 1788

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Bounty Logbook Remarks, Oct. 3, 1788

Thursday, Oct. 2, 1788

1:00 pm Calm & Fine Weather and continued with very light Airs of Wind untill Midnight, when a Swell began to make from the Sourthward.

5:00 pm 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.

11:00 pm 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.

Friday, Oct. 3, 1788

6:00 am Fresh Breezes and Cloudy. Saw a Seal. Captain Cook saw Sea Weed nearly in this Spot.

8:00 am Served Portable Soup in the Pease and Oatmeal as Usual. Cleaned and Aired below.
All this Morning a very heavy Swell from the Southward, altho the Wind freshening from the North.

12:00 pm Fresh 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.