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27 April 1770

Friday 27th Variable light airs between the NE and NW clear pleasent weather. In the PM stood off shore untill 2 oClock than tack'd and stood in untill 6 at which time we tack'd and stood off being then in 54 fathoms water and about 4 or 5 Miles from the land  the extremes of which bore from So 28° West to N. 25°.30' East. At 12 oClock we tackd and stood in untill 4 AM than made a trip off untill day light after which we stood in for the land, in all this time we lost ground owing a good deal to the Variableness of the winds for at Noon we were by observation in the Latitude of 34°..21', Red Point bearing So 27 Wt distant 3 Leagues. in this situation we were about 4 or 5 Miles from the land which extended from So 19°..30' West to North 29° East —


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