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18 April 1770 Wednesday 18th Winds southerly a hard gale with heavy squals attended with showers of rain and a great sea from the same quarter - At 3 PM Close reef'd the Topsails, handed the Main & Mizn topsail & got down topgallant yards - At 6 oClock the gale increased to such a height as to Oblige us to take in the Fore topsail and Main sail and to run under the Fore sail and Mizen all night sounding every 2 hours but found no ground with 120 fathoms - At 6 AM set the Mainsail and soon after the fore topsail and before noon the Main-topsail both close reef'd - At Noon our Latitude by Obsern was 38°..45' So Longitude from Cape Fare-well 23°..43' Wt and Course and distance run sence yesterday noon N. 51° West 82 Miles. Last night we saw a Port Egmont Hen and this morning two more, a Pintado bird several Albetrosses and black sheer-waters. The first of these birds are certain signs of the nearness of land, indeed we cannot be far from it for by our Longitude we are a degree to the westward of the East side of Vandieman Land according to Tasmans ^the first discoverers Longitude of it who could not err much in so short a run as from this land to New
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