Wind westerly; course North 18 degrees West; distance 85 miles; latitude 39 degrees 43 minutes South, 110 degrees 26 minutes West.
Tuesday, 28th.

The former part little wind and fine clear weather; the Air full as warm as in the same Degree of North Latitude at the Correspondent Season of the Year.

The South-West swells still keep up, notwithstanding the Gale hath been over about 30 Hours, a proof that there is no land near in that Quarter.* (* These are instances of Cook's observation and seamanlike perspicacity.

The prevailing belief of the time was in a great southern continent.) The remainder part of this day fresh breezes and clear.

At 9 a.m.took 3 Sets of Observations of the sun and moon in order to find the Longitude of the Ship.