Fresh gales the most part of this day, first and middle parts Clowdy. Latter Clear with a sharp cold air-   at 2PM saw the Land bearing North Distant about 8 Leagues, it made in 2 hum_^^mocks and appeared to be an Island, which I take to be the Isle of Diego Ramirez.   it lays in the Latitude of 56°..38' South and Long^d 68°.47' West from Greenwich; found the Variation this Evening to be 22° East. AM had 3 sets of Observation of the Sun and Moon, which gave the Longitude 69°..7'..15" W. The Long^d of the Ship at Noon by the Obserⁿ is 69°..24' — 1° 48'   the Long^d made from Cape Horn is = 67°..36'   the Long^d of the Cape which is 52' less than the result of yesterdays observations. This difference may arise part[l]y from the observations and partly from the Ships Run; the Mean of the 2 gives 68° 2' + 68°..24', the Longitude of the Cape from the observations taken at Strait Le Maire = 136.26'

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