State Library of NSW
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To Brazil
Novr. 1768
2. This day was quite void of Events the wind however was very fair & we now approachd the place where we were next to refresh ourselves apace
3. This morn the sun was immediately over our heads notwithsanding which the Thermometer was no higher than 77 since we left the calms under the line the weather has grown cooler by gradual degrees now we reckon it quite moderate after having felt the heat of 83 so lately
This Even I for the first time (for other people had seen them much before) observd two Light spots in the heavens apearing much like the milky way one the largest & brightest Bore S. by E. the other about South
4. Still as we got more to the westward the wind became more favourable today it was almost aft & has been all along creeping to the northward
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