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145. Janry 1770. off the mouth of Cooks streights
to the Northward.
12. This morn the seamen all imagind that we had passd the mouth of the streights when to our surprize the great snowy hill which we had seen on the 7th appeard right ahead at nigh however we were abreast of the streights which was it not for the hill might be dificult to find in Cloudy weather
13. Calm which gave me an opportunity of going out in the boat & shooting some Albatrosses the air today was so hazey that we could scarce see the least traces of land & yet the snow on the top of the mountain was very visible
14. Shooting again Killd Nectris munda & Procellaria saltatrix While I was out 4 Canoes came off from the shore which I had not the least suspicion of as we were farther from the shore than ever canoes had come before signals were made but as the ship was right in the wake of the sun none of them were seen by us till we saw the canoes themselves when we immeditely pulld for the ship & got aboard I beleive without the Indians ever seing us so much was their attention taken up with looking at the ship indeed if they had no bad consequence could have ensued
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