APPENDIX. 
TABLE I. Continued. 
Route of the Alexander Tranfport, Lieutenant John Shortland, from the 
Cape of Good Hope to Botany Bay. 
Time. 
Latitude 
bcuth. 
Longitude 
1787. 
lNOV. 15,7 
Noon. 3 
0 , 
37 S 
0 ^ 
12 40 
, ' ^9 
37 39 
12 27 
20 
37 36 
12 27 
21 
38 33 
15 ^9 
22 
38 54 
18 47 
39 I 
22 9 
38 58 
24 39 
25 
Variation 
Eaft. 
38 47 26 ':^2 
26 
38 7 
38 10 
29 5' 
31 6 
281 3Q 17I 32 I 
Winds, Weather, and Remarks. 
Variable. Light breezes and cloudy, 
with fqualls. 
|"South-eaft. Light breezes and clear. 
-< Went on board the Alexander tranf- 
L port. 
rSouth to N. E. Light airs and clear 
< plcafant weather, a fwell from the 
northward. 
N. b. E. Frefh breezes and fine wea- 
ther, the fleet in fight. 
N. W. Frefh gales and cloudy. The 
fleet in company. 
N. N. W. Ditto, ditto, with fqualls. 
Variable. Frefh gales and fqually, with 
rain. 
S. S. W. to W. S. W. Moderate 
breezes and ditto. Went on board 
the Commodore, and received final 
inftruftions to part from the fleet and 
make all the expedition poffible to 
Botany Bay, taking under command 
the Friendfhip and Scarborough 
1^ tranfports. 
I Variable. Frefli gales and clear wea- 
1 ther. 
< 
rDitto, Moderate breezes and pleafant. 
^ The fleet out of fight. 
Saw a great 
number of whales, 
j Eafterly, Frefli gales and cloudy 
