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13 March 1771
WEDNESDAY 13th. In the PM having the Wind at South we steerd a long shore WBS1/2S until 3 oClock, when finding this Course carried us off from the land we Steerd WBN. At 6 oClock Cape Laguillas or the high land over it bore EBN Distant 12 Leagues and the Westermost land in sight NW1/2W. We continued a WBN Course with the wind at SE untill day light in the Morning, when we hauld in NW and NWBN, At 8 the Cape of Good hope NWBN and at 10 we were abreast of it, and distant off about 1 League or little more. We pass'd close without a rock on which the Sea brok[e] very high, it lies about a League right out to sea from the Cape. After passing the Cape we keept along shore at the distance of about one League off having a fresh gale at SE. At Noon the Cape bore SE distant 4 L[eagues]. LatWednesday 13th In the PM having the Wind at South we steerd a long shore WBS1/2S until 3 oClock when finding this Course carried us off from the land we Steerd WBN. At 6 oClock Cape Laguillas bore or the high land over it bore EBN Distant 12 Leagues and the Westermost land in sight NW1/2W. We continued a WBN Course with the wind at SE untill day light in the Morning when we hauld in NW and NWBN At 8 the Cape of Good hope NWBN and at 10 we were abreast of it, and distant from it ^off about 1 League or little more, We pass'd close without a rock on which the Sea brok very high, [check MSS] it lies about a League right out to sea from the Cape - after passing the Cape we keept along shore at the distance of about one League off having a strong fresh gale at SE - At Noon the Cape bore SE distant 4 Ls Latitude observed 34°..15' St Longitude in by our reckoning corrected by the last Observation, 341°..7' West or 18°..53' Et from Greenwich by which the Cape lies in 34°..25' South Latitude and 19°..1' — East Longitude from Greenwich which nearly agrees with the observations made at the Cape Town by Mesrs Mason and Dixon in 1761 a prooff that our observations have been well made and that as such they may always be depended on to a Surprising degree of Accuracy. if we had had no such guide we should have found an error of 10°..13' of Longitude or perhaps more to the East, such an effect the Currents must have had upon the Ship —itude observed 3° 15's, Longitude in by our reckoning, corrected by the last Observation, 34°7' West or 1°53' E from Greenwich, by which the Cape lies in 3°25' South Latitude and 1°1' East Longitude from Greenwich, which nearly agrees with the observations made at the Cape Town by Mesrs Mason and Dixon in 176°a prooff that our observations have been well made and that as such they may always be depended on to a Surprising degree of Accuracy. If we had had no such guide we should have found an error of 1°13' of Longitude or perhaps more to the East, such an effect the Currents must have had upon the Ship.
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