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was much shortned by a breeze of wind which brought me aboard by 11 o clock & before night blew very fresh

16. All last night & this morn it has blown very fresh wind South so that we have 3 reefs in the topsails for the first time since we left the streights of La Maire

17. Blew fresh yet & wind stood so we go went well to the westward in the evening more moderate I ventur'd upon deck for the first time & saw several porpoises without any pinna dorsalis black on the backs; under the belly & on the noses white also a kind of Albatross different from any I have seen he being black all over except the head & bill which were white

18. Fair weather ship stood NW

19. Went very slowly through the water tho pleasanly for the ship had scarcely any motion

20. Wind still foul but very moderate & the ship almost without motion

21. Still no swell from the west tho the ship had fresh way through the water a bird not seen before attended the ship about the size of a pidgeon black above & light colourd underneath darting
 

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