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August 1767.   Standing to the Southward

15. Crossd the tropick this morn   wind North and weather very pleasant; at night wind rather variable.

16. Soon after we rose this morn we were told that land was in sight   it provd to be a cloud but at first sight was so like land that it deceivd every man in the ship even Tupia gave it a name. the ship bore down towards it but in about 3. hours all hands were convincd that it was but a cloud

17. A heavy swell from the SW. all day so we are not yet under the Lee of the continent in the Even no wind  our Taros (roots of the Yam kind calld in the W Indies Cocos) faild us today  many of them were rotten; they would probably have kept longer had we had either time or opportunity of drying them well but I beleive that at the best they are very much inferior to either Yamms of potatoes for keeping

18. SE. swell continues today with little wind at N.

19. Weather and swell much as yesterday some of our people tell me that they have seen Albatrosses both yesterday and the day before

20. A Large Albatross about the ship most of the day  Little wind  the swell less than yesterday but still troublesome at night a heavy Dew

21. A fine breeze at NW. Some Pintado birds  Proc. capensis) about the ship  this day our Plantains faild us  they were all eat  not one ever was rotten   Indeed since we left Ulhietea the Hogs have almost

 

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