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Ship General Goddard from [[Bengal]] towards [[Madras]]

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Wednesday 23 Dec [December]
1
2					Fair
3
4
5
6	SSE	2	6	Weighd	This log contains only 12 Hours to Bring the time to Sea reckoning
7		2	6	N B W
8		3	6
9		4	2
10		5
11		5	2
12		5	2
1				Dist P Log 29 Miles
2					Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 21.8 N
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Thursday 29th Dec
1	S B E	3	6	NW B N	Fair
2		3	2
3		2	4		Vble [Variable] the Pilot left us Point Palmeraz bearing about W B S 21 Leagues in 20 fm [fathoms] watter [water]
4		2	4
5	SW B S	2
6		1	6	No Ground 35 fm [fathoms]
7		1	6
8		2	2	Ground 38 fm [fathoms]
9		3	6	NE B N	Released [[Jas [James] Cannon]] from his confinement
10		4	4	Ground 35 fm [fathoms]
11		5
12		5		No Ground 40 fm [fathoms]	I take a departure from point [pulacarous?] at 4 PM allowing it to ~~lay~~ in bear W B S 21 L and in Lat 20:56 N Long 87:30 E
1		5		No Ground 38 fm [fathoms]
2		5		No Ground 35 fm [fathoms]
3		5		No Ground 40 fm [fathoms]
4		5			Light Pleasant Breezes anf fair weather
5		4	6
6		5
7		5	2		Employd [Employed] securing the Anchor
8		5	6
9		5	2
10		5	4
11		5	4
12		5
Dist P Logg 100 Miles					Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 19:35 N

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 12 E	62	81	13	19:49	14	87:44

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donna29 over 4 years ago

bracketed hours 12 to 3 ground measure

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