Cook's Journal: Daily Entries, 8 February 1771

8 February 1771
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8 February 1771

Week D_s	M^{o Ds}	Winds	Course's	Dist^{ce Saild}	Lat. in South	Long^d in West from Greenw^h	Bearings at Noon
				Miles	° '	° '
Friday	8	SE	S^o 78° W^t	127	19..24	276° 40' p^rLog
						278° 50' p^r Obⁿ

Winds as Yesterday, clear weather in the day and showery in the night. In the Morning took Observations again of the Sun and Moon the Mean result of which reduced to Noon gave 278°..50' West, which is 2°..31' West of yesterdays Observations. the Log gives 2°..20'

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