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Ship Esperance from Ostend towards St. Iago bound to Bengale.

Thursday March 7. 1726

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Hour: 1; Knots: 8; Fathoms: 3; Courses: W.; Winds: E.
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Hour: 2; Knots: 8; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 3; Knots: 8; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds: ENE.
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Hour: 4; Knots: 8; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 5; Knots: 9; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 6; Knots: 9; Fathoms: 3; Courses: St. Katherine Point N. 7 leagues; Winds:
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Hour: 7; Knots: 10; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 8; Knots: 9; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: Reefed main-topsail
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Hour: 9; Knots: 9; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 10; Knots: 8; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 11; Knots: 8; Fathoms: 2; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 12; Knots: 8; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 1; Knots: 8; Fathoms: 4; Courses: W.; Winds:
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Hour: 2; Knots: 8; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 3; Knots: 8; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 4; Knots: 8; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 5; Knots: 8; Fathoms: ; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 6; Knots: 8; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: Out reefed main-topsail
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Hour: 7; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 8; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: [start?] NE. by N. 7 leagues; Winds:
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Hour: 9; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 10; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: [Out first reefed foresail?]
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Hour: 11; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: NE.
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Hour: 12; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 3; Courses: Deadman; Winds: N. 1/2 E. 7 leagues
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Distance 198 miles
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Fresh gales with fair weather
and smooth water.
At 6. in the evening St. Katherine
Point bore N. 7 leagues in the forenoon
unbent our cables & stowed our anchors
also quartered our men. At noon
the Deadman bore N. 1/2 E. distance 7 leagues.

Saw severall ships, some bound
up, some downe.

Friday the 8.

Latitude
φ account N. 49°. 11'.
Meridian distance
W. 151 miles
Longitude
W. 3°. 46'
Variation
allowed 1 point

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Hour: 1; Knots: 5; Fathoms: 4; Courses: W. by N.; Winds: ENE.
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Hour: 2; Knots: 5; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 3; Knots: 4; Fathoms: 5; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 4; Knots: 5; Fathoms: ..; Courses: Lizarde Point; Winds: NE. 9 leagues
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Hour: 5; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 4; Courses: W.; Winds:
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Hour: 6; Knots: 8; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 7; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 5; Courses: ; Winds: NE.
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Hour: 8; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 9; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds: E.
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Hour: 10; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 11; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 12; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 1; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 3; Courses: W.; Winds:
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Hour: 2; Knots: 6; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 3; Knots: 5; Fathoms: 2; Courses: Saw a sail bearing W.; Winds:
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Hour: 5; Knots: 5; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 6; Knots: 5; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 7; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 3; Courses: W. by S. Saw a sail W. by N.; Winds:
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Hour: 8; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 9; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 2; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 10; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 11; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 12; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: Saw a sail south; Winds:
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Distance 152 miles

Fresh gales, fair weather & a
small swell from the eastward,
att 4. in the afternoon the Lizard
Point bore northeast distance 9 leagues
from whence I shall take my
departure, allowing it to lye in
the lattitude of 50°. 7. N.

Course is S. 69° W. 160.'
southing 58.
westing 151.
Difference of longitude 226.

Saturday March the 9. 1726

Latitude φ
Observ't N. 47.° 22.'
Ditto φ account
N. 47. 51.
Meridian distance
W. 301 miles
Longitude
W. 7°. 30'
Variation
allow'd 1 point

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Hour: 1; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 4; Courses: W. by S.; Winds: E.
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Hour: 11; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 5; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 12; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 2; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 5; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 5; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 6; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: NE. by E.
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Hour: 7; Knots: 8; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 8; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 2; Courses: ; Winds:
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Hour: 12; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 5; Courses: ; Winds:
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Distance 170 miles
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Fresh gales with fair
weather and a large swell
after us.
At noon I had a good ob-
servation find myself 29'
to the southward of account which
error I impute to the
steerige
Course is S. 62' W. 170'.
southing 80'.
westing 150.
Difference of longitude 224.

Sunday March 10.

Latitude
φ account 46.° 14.' N.
Longitude
W. 11°. 2.
Meridian distance
W. 447 miles
Variation
allow'd 1 point

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Hour: 1; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 4; Courses: W. by S.; Winds: ENE.
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Distance 162 miles
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Fresh gales, fair weather
and a large swell following
us, towards the latter end
cloudy.

Course is S. 65° W. 162.
southing 68.
westing 146.
Difference of longitude 212.