First and latter parts hazey with a Moderate breeze. Middle fresh gales with thunder Lightning and rain. At 3 PM Tack'd in 16 fathom, distance from the Shore 5 Leagues, the land extending from the NWBW to NE. At 5 took the 2^ndreef in the topsails and got down top g^t yards. Stood to the SE untill midnight then Tacked, soundings from 16 to 55 f^m At 8 AM Loosed the reefs out of the topsails and got topg^t yards aCross, unstowed the Anchors and bit the Cables. At Noon Lat.^d Obser.^d 21°..29 S.^o the land extending from SWBS to NNW, distant 4 Leagues. Soundings from 55 to 10f^m

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