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Septr. 1769.   in Search of the Southern Continent

25. Fine weather & fair wind   several birds seen of most of the usual sorts

26. Blows fresh today   fewer birds in sight than usual in such weather  several large leaves of sea weed have been seen to go by the Ship today but no heaps of it

27. Blows fresh still   a good deal of sea weed has been seen this morn some in heaps as much together as would fill a large wheelbarrow  after dinner a Seal is seen asleep upon the water which gives new life to our hopes  in the evening a shoal of Porpoises black upon the back, white under the belly, & upon the nose, with either no back fin or one placd very far behind.  few birds today, but some of almost all the kinds we have usualy seen
[Margin note] Seal & Weed

28. Blows fresh all day: some but not many birds seen   several heaps of sea weed pass by the ship

29. Pleasant weather  birds more plentiful than usual in such weather   about noon saw one like a snipe but less and with a short bill which I judge to be a land bird  Mr Gore saw a bird which he calls a port Egmont hen which he describes to be brown on the back  like a gull in size & shape  but flyes like a crow flapping its wings - some large heaps of sea weed have been seen, some of the Gentlemen upon deck think that the colour of the water is

[Margin note] Land bird & Port Egmont hen.

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