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South Sea

March 1769

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17. Most of this day as yesterday almost calm at night a small breeze came on from ENE. so that the ship goes went 4 knotts

18. Squally weather all night with heavy rain this morn much the same the rain so heavy that the Cabbin was twice baild of more than a bucket full at a time all which came in at the crevises of the weather quarter window for there was no leak of any consequence in any other part of the cabbin the Wind was at N. & brought with it a hot damp air which affected (I may safely say) every man in the ship more or less towards even however it shifted towards the west & was much dryer.

19. pleasant breeze ship goes went N. by W. some flying fish were seen this morn & several procellarias cheifly of the brown sorts as sordida

20. Very fine as yesterday many tropick birds were about the ship as indeed there has been every day since I first mentiond them but still more of them as the weather was finer Lat. today -- Long. -- when I look on the charts of these seas & see our course which has been Near a streight one at N.W. since we left Cape Horne

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