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26 October 1768
First part light airs and clowdy weather. the remainder a moderate breeze and clowdy. after we had got an observation and it was no longer doubted that we were to the southward of the Line, the Ceremony on this occassion practised by all Nations was not omitted: every one that could not prove upon a Sea Chart that he had before crossed the Line was either to pay a bottle of Rum or be ducked in the sea,
Concepts in South Seas Companion: crossing the line
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