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Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo IslandHall, Basil

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Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island

Name: Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island
Author: Hall, Basil

Hall, Basil

Korea -- Description and travel; Ryukyu Islands -- Description and travel

|       |    |    |       |                |
|29 .80 | 81 | 82 | ESE   |                |
|       |    |    |       |                |
|       |    |    |       |                |Midnight, clear: moderate
|       |    |    |       |                |weather.
  Mid.|29 .78 | 81 | 82 |E by N |                |
 -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+-------------------------------
|       |    |    |       |       |        _Wednesday, September 18, 1816._
|       |    |    | ENE   |       |        |
|       |    |    |       |       |        |To-day the wind has been at NNE.
|       |    |    |       |       |        |
|       |    |    |       |       |        |
|       |    |    |       |       |        |After 4 A.M. we had several
|       |    |    |       |       |        |showers of rain.
|29 .72 | 80 | 82 |NE by E|       |        |
      |       |    |-1/2|       |       |        |
|       |    |    |       |       |        |
|29. 75 |    |    |       |       |        |
|       |    |    |       |       |        |Towards noon the breeze
 Noon.|29. 75 | 82 | 82 | ENE   |       |        |freshened.
      |       |    |-1/2|       |       |        |
 -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+
|       |    |    |       |                |
|29. 70 |    |    |       | Napakiang      |
|       |    |    |       | harbour.       |
|29. 72 | 82 | 82 |NE by E|                |
      |       |    |-1/2|       |                |
|       |    |    |       |                |
|29. 74 |    |    |       |                |
|       |    |    |       |                |
|       | 82 |82  |  NE   |                |
|       |    |    |       |                |At night squally, with rain.
|       |    |    |       |                |
|       |    |    |       |                |
 Mid. |29. 72 |    |    | NNE   |                |
 -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------
|       |    |    |       |       |        |
|       |    |    |       |       |        |_Thursday, September 19, 1816._
|       |    |    |       |       |        |
|       |    |    |       |       |        |After midnight it continued to
|       |    |    |       |       |        |rain, with occasional squalls.
|       |    |    |       |       |        |
|       |    |    |       |       |        |
|29. 63 | 81 |82  | NNE   |       |        |As the day advanced it cleared
|       |    |    |       |       |        |up.
|29. 62 |    |    |       |       |        |
|       |    |    |       |       |        |
 Noon.|29. 62 | 82 |83  |       |       |        |At noon quite moderate.
      |       |-1/2|    |       |       |        |
 -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+

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