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7 March 1770
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7 March 1770
Wednesday 7
th
Light airs in the
SW
quarter
PM
clear weather the remainder dark and Clowdy. In the
PM
found the Variation per several Az
ths
and the Amp
de
to 15°..10' E
t
and by the Amp
de
in the morning to be 15°..56' East. Stood to the
SE
untill 8
AM
then tack'd and stood to the
NW
. but it soon after fell calm and continued so untill noon when by our account we were in the Latitude of 47°..6' South and had made 12 Miles Easting sence yesterday at Noon —
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© Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 198, 2004
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