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20 December 1769
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20 December 1769
Wednesday 20
th
PM
Fresh breeze at
W.BN.
and clear weather. At 6 Tack'd and stood off. North Cape bore South distant 3 or 4 Miles. At 4
AM
tackd and stood in Wind at
WNW
a fresh breeze. but at 9 it increased to a Strong gale with heavy squalls attended with Thunder and rain which brought us under our Courses. At a 11 it cleared up and
^
the wind came to
WSW
,
we set the topsails double reef'd and tackd and stood to the North-west —
At Noon a Stiff gale and clear weather. Lat
d
Ob
d
34°..14, North Cape
SSW
distant 3 Leagues —
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© Transcription by Paul Turnbull of National Library of Australia, Manuscript 1 page 166, 2004
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