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17 March 1770 Saturday 17th Continued our course along shore having in the PM the advantage of a fresh gale at SW. At 2 oClock past by the point above mentioned which is of a moderate height with steep red clifts down which falls four small streams of water on which account it is named Cascades Point Latde 44°..0' So Longitude 2°..20' East from Cape West. From this point the land at first trends N 76° E but afterwards more to the northward, ENE 8 Leagues from the point and near the shore lies a small low Island which
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