[With
India Fleet, Homeward Bound]
13th. Little wind and pleasant weather. Found the Variation by the
Amplitude in the Evening to be 8 degrees 23 minutes; in the Morning 8 degrees
15 minutes, and by Azimuth soon after 8 degrees 14 minutes West. Wind
Ditto; Course North by East 1/2 East; distance 77 miles; latitude 34 degrees
14 minutes North, longitude 44 degrees 25 minutes West.
14th. A Gentle Gale, and pleasant weather. In the A.M. saw 2 Turtle
laying a Sleep upon the water. Wind East-South-East; course North 18
degrees East; distance 99 miles; latitude 35 degrees 48 minutes North, longitude
43 degrees 48 minutes West.
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