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30 December 1768
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James Cook's Journal Ms 1, National Library of Australia
Joseph Banks's Journal
Sydney Parkinson's Journal
The authorised published account of Cook's Voyage by John Hawkesworth
1768
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| Week Days | Month Days | Winds | Courses | Distce in Miles | Latd in South | Longd in W: from Greenwich | Bearing At Noon |
| Friday | 30 | Varble | So 3° W | 54 | 4°..32' | 6°..15' |
Little wind sometimes Calm, the first part clear Weather, the remainder Fogy and hazey Soundings from 44 to 49 fathom a grey sandy bottom. Caught both this morning and last night a great number of Insects, some were upon the wing, but the greatest part were upon the Water, and many of these a live and of such Sorts as cannot fly far; and yet at this time we could not be less than 30 Leagues from Land —
Natural Phenomena in South Seas Companion: Gryllidae | Papilionidae | Phalaena
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