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1771 1 January 1771 Tuesday 1st. In the PM stood over for the Sumatra shore having the wind at SSW a fresh breeze and the current in our favour but this last shifted and set to the Eas^tward in the evening and obliged us to Anchor ^in 30 fathom under the Islands which lay off Verckens point which point constitutes the narrowest part of the Streights of Sunday. Here we found the current set to the SW the Most part of the night. At 5 AM weigh'd with the wind at N.W. and stood to the SW, between the Island Thwart the Way and Sumatra, the wind soon after coming to the westward we stood over for the Java shore At Noon the South point of Peper Bay bore SWBS and Anger point NE1/2E distant 2 Leagues - Tackd and stood to the NW
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