APPENDIX. 
XXV a 
TABLE VI. Continued. , 
Route of the Alexander Tranfport, Lieutenant John Shortland, from 
Port Jackfon, Nev/ South Wales, to Batavia, 
Time. 
1788. 
Sept. 28, 7 
Noon. I 
29 
oa, I. 
Latitude 
North. 
Longitude 
I 2 
14 
5 30 
4 30 
4 22 
4 06 
Variation 
Eaft. 
I 27 09 
126 43 
126 
27 
126 20 
126 
10 
125 54 
Winds, Weather, and Remarks. 
< 
I 54< 
Variable. Moderate and cloudy. At 
noon, the S. E-. part of Mindanao in 
. fight, which 1 took for Cape St. 
[_ Auguftin, bore Weft ten leagues. 
rS. W. Light breezes and hot fultry 
I weather. At noon, the Northern 
moft point of Difappointment Bay 
bore N. W. | N. diftance off fliore 
feven or eight leagues. 
rVariable. Brilk gales and clear. The 
I South extreme of Mindanao W. l N . 
^ eleven or twelve leagues diftant. A 
current fetting to the Southward. 
Southerly. Moderate and clear. At 
day-light made a number of fmall 
iflands, and one large one, called 
Karkalang, which bore S. S. W. fif- 
teen or fixteen leagues. Current 
fetting to the Southv\^ard. 
^ Variable. Light airs. A current fet- 
J ting to the Weft ward. A. M. 
I foundedfrom eight to fifteen fathoms, 
L fandy bottom. 
fWeft. Light breezes. A ftrong cur- 
I rent fetting W. S. V/. A. M. an- 
I chored in forty fathoms, fandy bot- 
|_ tom. Karkalang S. twelve leagues. 
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