First part Moderate breeze and Clowdy, remainder a fresh breeze and clear, PM loosed all the Reefs out and got topg^t yards aCross, Variation p^r Az^th 1°..12'; p^r amp^d 1°.. 32', mean of the two 1°.. 22' East - between 9 and 10 AM took Seven sets of Observations between the Sun and Moon to find the Longitude of the Ship, each set consisting of three observations, the Mean of the Whole gave 5°.. 18'.. 34" West of Greenwich; the result of each set was as follows / Viz / 1^st set - 5°.. 8', 2^nd 5°.. 21': 3^rd 5°..34'; 4^th 5°..17'; 5^th 5°.. 11'.. 45"; 6^th 5°.. 19'.. 30" and the 7^th 5°.. 20'.. 45" - the greatest difference between any two, /viz / between the 1^st and 3^rd is but 26'. and the mean of these two differs from the mean of the whole only 2'..26": this shew^s to what degree of accuracy these observations can be made, even by different Persons. for 4 of these were made and computed by M^r Green and the rest by myself: the Long^d given by the Ship reckoning from the last observations five days ago differs only eight miles from the Observ^ns which shews that we have not been in any currents — Soundings from 40 to 47 f^m

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