Apr. 11, 1789
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Apr. 13, 1789
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1:00 pm Light Winds and Cloudy. At 36′ past Noon South Key bore true West.
4:00 pm Tacked. Round Hill N51°W 6 leagues.
6:00 pm Tacked. Extremes of the Land N41°W to N58°W. Round Hill N43°W 5 leagues off the nearest Shore.
9:00 pm Much Lightning.
11:00 pm Wore Ship. Very Squally Weather. In all Sails.
1:00 am Calm and much Lightning.
6:00 am The Large Island WNW. Dark Gloomy Weather.
8:00 am Light Winds and Rain. Round Hill NWBW 6 leagues.
10:00 am Punished John Sumner with 12 lashes for Neglect of duty.
11:00 am
Fresh Breezes and Open Cloudy Weather.
12:00 pm Ditto Weather the extremes of the Land from N59°W to N40°W. Round Hill N42°W off the Nearest Key 2 leagues. Cocoa Nut Key N65°W. Under Single Reefs and Small Sails.
I became more anxious this Afternoon to determine the limits of this Land then I had before considered it worthy of my attention, for I found it highly dangerous to any Ships that might come this Way both from the Low Keys lying to the SSE of the Main Island and a Reef which I saw extending considerably to the Westward with a Small Key on it, which was conspicuous to us from a few Cocoa Nut Trees, whose tops only appeared above the horizon. I therefore determined keeping the Land on the NW during the Night and to wait the event of another day, which without any predetermination the Wind and Weather would have made me do the same thing. It was noon before I drew in with the Islands again, when I had all but the Westermost Key nearly under the extent of the large Island, so that the extremes were the Westermost Key and Eastermost part of the Great Island, which, as the bearings express, only extended 19 degrees. A prodigious Surf broke on every part within our view.
By my protracted bearing I find my course and distance since Yesterday Noon to be SSW 5½ Miles which gives 2 Miles in Longitude. The Time Keeper gives One Mile, and the Dead Reckoning 8 Miles; this trifling difference is therefore more likely to be the error in calculation than in any Current.
Apr. 11, 1789
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