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Bay of Islands round North Cape to Queen Charlotte's Sound (continued) At six o’clock in the morning of January the 1st, 1770, being New-year’s Day, we tacked and stood to the eastward, the Three Kings bearing N.W. by N. At noon, we tacked again, and stood to the westward, being in latitude 34° 37’ S.; the Three Kings bearing N.W. by N. at the distance of ten or eleven leagues; and Cape Maria Van Diemen N. 31 E. distant about four leagues and an half: in this situation we had fifty-four fathom water.
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