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APPENDIX. 
TABLE VI. Continued. 
Route of the Alexander Tranfport, Lieutenant John Shortland, from 
Port Jackfon, New South Wales, to Batavia. 
Time. 
1788. 
oa. 21, 
23' 
Noon. 
.-■■5 
•29 
Latitude 
South. 
2 46 
3 09 
3 20 
Longitude 
Eaft. 
119 00 
I 19 00 
118 50 
Variation 
Eaft. 
Winds, Weather, and Remarks. 
Southerly. Moderate and clear. Plying 
in the Streights, and at eight, A. M 
anchored off the coaft of Borneo. 
Till the 29th at anchor, employed 
clearing the Friendfl:iip, not having 
hands fufficient to navigate both 
veffels. On the 28th, having cleared 
the Friendiliip, bored holes in her, 
and fet her adrift. 
South. Moderate and fair. At five 
A. M. v^eighed and made fail. At 
ten, A. M. a-breall of a point which 
forms the entrance into the harbour 
of Pamanookan. 
fSoutherly. Steady breeze and fair 
Pamanookan N. W. three leagues 
At three, A. M. anchored, a current 
fetting ftrongto the N. E. At fix 
got under way. 
Variable. Gentle breezes and hazy 
At two, P. M. anchored. No land 
in fight. A. M. weighed. At 
eight, the ifland of Pulo Laoot W.b. 
S. to S. W. b. W. ten or twelve 
leagues. Current fetting to the 
Northward. 
