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Monday November 3rd 1845 Comes in with fesh [FRESH] gales and verry [VERY] squally bad weather. Calms and heavy squall of thunder through the night. Land verry [VERY] near and no observations for the last 48 hours. Disagreeable night. Latter part the same. Ends with rain & thunder. Latt [LATITUDE] by DR [DEAD RECKONING] 8°=40" South Long [LONGITUDE] by DR [DEAD RECKONING] 159°=24"

Tuesday Nov 4th Comes in with dirty weather. Squalls of wind from the N & E. Middle part pleasant with light breezes. Steer SE by S. Latter part thunder squalls with rain. Take in and sail often. No Obs [OBSERVATION]. Latt [LATITUDE] by DR [DEAD RECKONING] 9°=35" South Long [LONGITUDE] by Chro [CHRONOMETER] 159°=15" W

Wednesday Nov. 5th Comes in with thunder squalls and rain from the Northward. Steer SE by S. Middle part calm. Latter part a light breeze from E by N and pleasant. So ends. Latt [LATITUDE] Obs [OBSERVATION] 9=50 Long [LONGITUDE] by Chro [CHRONOMETER] 158° 55" West by Lunar 159°=23 West

Thursday Nov 6th This 24 hours we have pleasant gales from the Eastward. Steer [TO] the South. Latt [LATITUDE] Obs [OBSERVATION] 11.09 South Long [LONGITUDE] by Chro [CHRONOMETER] 159°.15" Long [LONGITUDE] by Lunar 159.42 West

Friday Nov. 7th This day we have fresh breezes and squalls from the ESE. Steer by the wind South. Parted another fore top mast backstay which was more rotten than the first. Spliced etc. Latt [LATITUDE] Obs [OBSERVATION] 12°=48" South Long [LONGITUDE] by Chro [CHRONOMETER] 159=32 West

Variation 8 deg [DEGREES] Easterly