First part and latter Moderate breeze and fair, but Clowdy and Hazey over the land. Middle a fresh breeze and clowdy: at 8 Tacked and Stood to the NE. Extreames of the land to the Southward which we took for Cape S.^t Thomes SW1/2S dist. 5 or 6 Leagues, depth of water 13 f^m grey sand. At a 11 AM Tacked in 15f^m and stood to the SSE and 3 AM stood over a Shoal or bank of 6 f^m afterwards the depth increased to 30 fathom. At Noon in 36 f^m Lat.^d Observ'd 22°..37' S, which is 10 Miles to the southward of the Log. No land in sight.

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