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Our soundings continued from 40 to 70 fathom, till the eighth of December, when, about six o’clock in the morning, we saw land bearing from S.W. to W.’ by S. and, appearing like many small islands. At noon it bore from W. by S. to S.S.W. distant 8 leagues; our latitude then being 47° 16’ S. long. 64° 58’ W. About three o’clock Cape Blanco bore W.N. W. distant six leagues, and a remarkable double saddle W.S.W. distant about three leagues. We had now soundings from 20 to 16 fathom, sometimes with coarse sand and gravel, sometimes with small black stones and shells. At eight in the evening the Tower rock at Port Desire bore S. W. by W. distant about three leagues; and the extreams of the land from S. by E. to N. W. by N. At nine, Penguin Island bore S. W . by W. ½ W. distant two leagues; and at four o’clock in the morning of the ninth, the land seen from the masthead bore from S. W. to W. by N.
At noon Penguin island bore S. by E. distant 57 miles; our latitude being 48° 56’ S. longitude 65° 6’ W. This day we saw such a quantity of red shrimps about the ship, that the sea was coloured with them.
At noon the next day, Wednesday the 10th, the extreams of the land bore from S. W. to N.W. and Wood’s Mount, near the entrance of Saint Julian’s, bore S. W. by W. distant three or four leagues. Our latitude was 49 ° 16’ S. our longitude 66° 48’ W.; and our soundings were from 40 to 45 fathom, sometimes fine sand, sometimes soft mud.
At noon, on Thursday the 11th, Penguin island :bore N. N. E. distant 58 leagues. Our latitude was 50° 48’ S. our longitude 67° 10’ W.
We continued our course till Saturday the 13th, when our latitude being 50° 34’ S. and our longitude 68° 15’ W.
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© Derived from Volume I of the London 1773 Edition: National Library of Australia call no. FERG 7243, page 370, 2004
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