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April 1770.   New South Wales

is here very small  he says he has three times crossd the line of no variation & that at all those times as well as at this he has observd the Needle to be very unsteady  moving very easily & scarce at all fixing  this he shewd me  he also told me that in several places he has been in the land had a very remarkable effect upon the variation as in the place we were now in  at 1 or 2 Leagues distant from the shore the variation was 2 degrees less than at 8 Lgs distance.

24. The wind was unfavourable all day & the ship too far from the land for much to be seen  2 large fires however were seen & several smaller  at night a little lightning to the Southward

25. Large fires were lighted this morn about 10 O'Clock  we supposd that the gentlemen ashore had a plentifull breakfast to prepare  The countrey tho in general well enough clothd appeard in some places bare  it resembled in my imagination the back of a lean Cow  coverd in general with long hair  but nevertheless where her scraggy hip bones have stuck out farther than they ought from her body  accidental rubbs & knocks have intirely bard them of their share of covering. in the even it was calm  all the fires were put out about 5 O'Clock. several brown patches were

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