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1796

May

May 1.
We were early this morning still in sight of Mount Delli – tho' considerably to the Northward of it, – but about 2,O'Clock in the afternoon, the wind shifted round to the Southward, and now blows a fine fresh perfectly fair, and driving us on our Voyage at the rate of Six Knots an Hour. —

May 6.
Friday! — At 3,O'Clock this afternoon the Jane anchored in Bombay Harbour, after a most tedious tiresome Passage of 21 Days from Calicut. —

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Source
Macquarie, Lachlan. Journal No. 3: 29 December 1794 – 27 September 1799.
Original held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney.
ML Ref: A769 p.220. [Microfilm Reel CY Reel 299 Frame #499].

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