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1769 1 January 1769
First and latter parts fresh breezes and Clear Weather, in the Middle light airs and Calm - At Noon Longitude in per ^4 Sets of Observations between the Sun and Moon 61°.. 8'..28" west, the difference between the least and greatest of these sets was 8' and the mean of two differs from the mean of the whole but 32": The Longd by account carried on from the last observations exactly agrees with the observations Saw a great number of small Whales about the Ship
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