Field notes, undated, 2 volumes
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{ "text": "12\n\n8.35\n8.46\n8.51\n9.27\n9.26 avant\n\nS.25 W.\nHors S.\n\n?\nY allay'd in both E hands, &c. I think that this must have been the first of the 3 or 4 times we were near it; but I am not sure whether it was before or after the time when we saw the other one. This is the case with several things of which I have made a note here, and in my Journal, and which I could not place them correctly in either.\n\n9.27\n9.34\n\n5.30 E.\n\n? Very many broad-leaved trees &c. were met with near this point. They are said to be 600 feet high. The wind blew from the N.E. and we had a good breeze. I was in the main top of the ship, and saw a large vessel at some distance bearing S.S.W.\n\n10.\n\n2-3/4 p.m. - O'Brien says they are now 9 miles off the coast, which is about right if he is correct. He also says that there must be 2 leagues of open sea between us and land. I am not sure whether this is true or not, but it seems probable.\n\n10.16\n10.21\n10.27\n10.35\n\n10-3/4 p.m. - O'Brien says they are now 9 miles off the coast, which is about right if he is correct. He also says that there must be 2 leagues of open sea between us and land. I am not sure whether this is true or not, but it seems probable.\n\nDue S 40 W.\nS 26 E.\n\n11-3/4 p.m. - O'Brien says they are now 9 miles off the coast, which is about right if he is correct. He also says that there must be 2 leagues of open sea between us and land. I am not sure whether this is true or not, but it seems probable.\n\n13/14th - change of course\nS.E.W.\n\n19-1/4 p.m.\n19.00\n\n13\n\n5-1/2 p.m. - O'Brien says they are now 9 miles off the coast, which is about right if he is correct. He also says that there must be 2 leagues of open sea between us and land. I am not sure whether this is true or not, but it seems probable.\n\n16/17\n16-3/4 p.m. - O'Brien says they are now 9 miles off the coast, which is about right if he is correct. He also says that there must be 2 leagues of open sea between us and land. I am not sure whether this is true or not, but it seems probable.\n\n16-3/4 p.m. - O'Brien says they are now 9 miles off the coast, which is about right if he is correct. He also says that there must be 2 leagues of open sea between us and land. I am not sure whether this is true or not, but it seems probable.\n\n17-3/4 p.m. - O'Brien says they are now 9 miles off the coast, which is about right if he is correct. He also says that there must be 2 leagues of open sea between us and land. I am not sure whether this is true or not, but it seems probable.\n\n17-3/4 p.m. - O'Brien says they are now 9 miles off the coast, which is about right if he is correct. He also says that there must be 2 leagues of open sea between us and land. I am not sure whether this is true or not, but it seems probable.\n\n18-3/4 p.m. - O'Brien says they are now 9 miles off the coast, which is about right if he is correct. He also says that there must be 2 leagues of open sea between us and land. I am not sure whether this is true or not, but it seems probable.\n\n18-3/4 p.m. - O'Brien says they are now 9 miles off the coast, which is about right if he is correct. He also says that there must be 2 leagues of open sea between us and land. I am not sure whether this is true or not, but it seems probable.\n\n18-3/4 p.m. - O'Brien says they are now 9 miles off the coast, which is about right if he is correct. He also says that there must be 2 leagues of open sea between us and land. I am not sure whether this is true or not, but it seems probable.\n\n18-3/4 p.m. - O'Brien says they are now 9 miles off the coast, which is about right if he is correct. He also says that there must be 2 leagues of open sea between us and land. I am not sure whether this is true or not, but it seems probable.\n\n18-3/4 p.m. - O'Brien says they are now 9 miles off the coast, which is about right if he is correct. He also says that there must be 2 leagues of open sea between us and land. I am not sure whether this is true or not, but [TRANSCRIPTION_TRUNCATED_DUE_TO_LOOP]