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24 August 1769
The first part light Airs and Calm, the Middle Moderate breezes and Clowdy, the latter part very Squally with rain. A.M. Variation pr Azth 7°..18' East. At Noon took in the Topsails and got down topgallant Yards, Saw a Water spout in the NW, it was about the breadth of a Rain Bow, of a Dark Colour, the upper end of the Clowd from whence it came was about 8° above the Horizon
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