APPENDIX, 
V 
TABLE I. Continued. 
Route of the Alexander Tranfport, Lieutenant John Shortland, Trom the 
Cape of Good Hope to Botany Bay. 
Time. 
XjtitllUU.C 
South. 
to 
Eaft. 
1787. 
0 / 
0 / 
Dec. 29.") 
Noon. S 
43 57 
122 38 
43 5^ 
32 
31 
43 55 
129 31 
1788. 
Jan. I 
43 59 
^33 25 
2 
44 4 
136 29 
3 
43 50 
138 43 
4 
44 18 
144 32 
5 
44 44 
146 0 
6 
43 59 
147 35 
Variation 
Eaft. 
Winds, Weather, and Remarks. 
N. W. Strong gales, and cloudy, 
J with a heavy following fea. Great 
! numbers of Alegrandoes and other 
[_ birds in fight. 
(N. N. W. to W. Strong gales, and 
[ thick weather, with frequent fqualls. 
'Weft. Light winds and clear. Spoke 
the Scarborough and Friendfliip. 
A great number of birds in fight. 
N. Fre£h gales and clear weather. 
N. to W. Frefli gales and hazy. 
W. b. N. Frelh breezes and cloudy, 
inclining to fqualls. 
N. N. W. Frelh gales and hazy. In 
company as before. 
fN. W. b. N. Brilk gales, and hazy. 
At half pari; eleven, A. M. faw the 
land, bearing N. b. W. five or fix 
leagues. A bluff point 3 leagu 
to the N. V/. of the S. W. cape of 
Van Diemen's land, bearinp- E. 2 or 
4 leagues. 
W. Strong fqualls and thick rainy 
weather. Brought too to the S. W. 
Filled and ftood to the foutliward. 
At 8 P. M. flood to the S. E. b. 
S. under clofe reefed topfails for 
the night. At half paft 3, A. M. 
made fail, and hauled in for the 
land, at 10 made the land, bearing 
N. 4- E. 9 or 10 leagues dillant. 
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