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24 April 1770
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We stood to the north east till noon the next day, with a gentle breeze at N.W. and then we tacked and stood westward. At this time, our latitude, by observation, was 35° 10’ S. and longitude 208° 51’ W. A point of land which I had discovered on George’s day, and which therefore I called CAPE GEORGE, bore W. distant nineteen miles, and the Pigeon House, (the latitude and longitude of which I found to be 35° 19’ S. and 209° 42’ W.) S. 75 W. In the morning, we had found the variation, by amplitude, to be 7° 50’ E. and by several azimuths 7° 54’ E. We had a fresh breeze at N.W. from noon till three; it then came to the west, when we tacked and stood to the northward. At five in the evening, being about five or six leagues from the shore, with the Pigeon House bearing W.S.W. distant about nine leagues, we had eighty-six fathom water; and at eight, having thunder and lightning, with heavy squalls, we brought to in 120 fathom.
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© Derived from Vols. II-III of the London 1773 edition: National Library of Australia call no. FERG 7243, pages 487 - 488, 2004
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