24 May 1770

James Cook's Journal: Daily Entries

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24 May 1770 Thursday 24th In the PM I was empd a Shore in the transactions before related. At 4 in the AM we weighd with a gentle breezes and South and made sail out of the Bay which I call'd                              the north point ^ of which I call'd             and the South point            the distance from the one to the other is NW1/2N and SE1/2S      Miles. In standing out of the Bay our soundings were from 5 to 15 fm when in this last depth we was were abreast of the north point and being day light we discoverd breakers stretching out from it about NNE 2 or 3 Miles    at the outermost part ^of them is was a rock just above water.   in passing these rocks at the distance of half a Mile we had from 15 to 20 fathom, being past them we hauld away long shore WNW for the far farthest land we had in sight. At Noon we were by observation in the Latitude of 23°..52' So the north pt of Bustard ^Bay bore So 62° East distant 10 Leagues ^Miles and the northermost land in sight N. 60° Wt Longde in 208°..37' Wt distant from the nearest shore 6 Miles in this situation had 14 fathom water — Voyaging Accounts © Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 243, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook/17700524.html