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New South Wales

calld Dromedaries head  not remarkably high  had been seen at the dist of 25 L'gs & judgd by nobody to be more than 6 or 8 from us  it was now in sight plain & our distance from it by the ships run was 23 l'gs, yet the Sea men acknowledg'd that tho they knew how far it was from them they could not think that it appeard more than 10 l'gs off  the hill like a pigeon house was also seen at a very great distance  the little dome on the top of it was first thought to be a rock standing up in the sea long before any other part was seen & when we came up with it we found it to be many several miles inland.

23. Calm today  myself in small boat but saw few or no birds  took with the dipping net. Cancer Erythropthalmus  Medusa radiata  pelagica  dagysa gemma  strumosa cornuta Holothuria obtusata  Phyllodoce Velella & Mimus volutator  the ship was too far from the shore to see much of it  a larger fire was however seen than any we have seen before

The Master today in conversation made a remark on the Variation of the Needle which struck me much  as to me it was new & appeard to throw much light on the Theory of that ​​​Phænomenon  the Variation
 

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