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1 October 1769
Little wind in the Day time and Calm in the night. At 8 AM soundd but had no ground with a 120 fathom of line. saw an emence number of Birds the most of them were Doves, saw likewise a Seal a Sleep upon the water which we at first took for a crooked Billet, these creatures, as they lay upon the water hold their Fins up in a very odd manner and very different to any I have seen before; we genera The observe'd Latd is considerably to the northward of that given by the Log. in so much that I think there must be some current seting from the southward
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