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115. Jany. 1770. West Coast
days past, it appeard high but the sides of the hills often interspersd with long tracts of sand even high up their bottoms were every where coverd with it. Many Albatrosses were about the ship today swimming upon the water in small companies 10 or 20 together
4. Stood rather nearer the land than yesterday but not near enough to see whether or not it was inhabited indeed we were obligd to hawl off rather in a hurry for the wind freshning a little we found ourselves in a bay which it was a moot point whether or not we could get out of indeed I beleive most people thought that we should not till a lucky change in the wind at once allowd us to weather every thing to our no small Joy who had so lately been in so severe & long a Gale of wind blowing right upon the shore which we had now just weatherd
5. Blew fresh & we stood out all day maybe rather too sensible of the danger we had escapd yesterday
6. Calm today myself in the Boat shot Procellaria longipes, velox and Diomedæa exulans (the Albatross) I had an opportunity to see this
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