26|Ditto Ditto |82.2|81.5|80.7|78.3|15 47 S|135 20 W| ... | 142 | 35|ESE 4 27|Ditto Ditto |81 |80.5|79 |78 |16 54 S|138 9 W| ... | 156 | 32| ... 28|Stopped at | | | | | | | | | | |Bow Island | | | | | | | | | | |Low | | | | | | | | | | |Archipelago,| | | | | | | | | | |for 3 hours |81.8|81.6|80 |79.6|17 55 S|140 43 W|S, 56 deg.  W| 20 | 148|ESE 4 to 5 29| ... |81.7|81 |79.5|77 |18 41 S|143 7 W| ... | 10 | 152|SE 4 to 5 30| ... |81.3|81 |80 |79.3|18 20 S|145 57 W|N, 79 deg.  W| ... | 162|NE 4 to 5 | |---------|---------| | | | | | |Average | | | | | | | | |temperature | | | | | | | | |for the | | | | | | | | |month | 76.3 deg. | 73.3 deg. | | | | | | --+------------+---------+---------+-------+--------+-------
-+-----+----+------------

DECEMBER 1876.

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|            |  Temp.  |  Temp.  |       |        |
D|            | of water|  of air |       |        |      Since previous noon
e|  Remarks   +----+----+----+----+ Lat.  | Long.  +--------+----------+------------
c|            |Noon|6   |Noon|6   |       |        | Course | Distance |  Wind and
.|            |    |p.m.|    |p.m.|       |        |        |Steam|Sail|  weather
--+------------+----+----+----+----+-------+--------+-------

-+-----+----+------------
|            |F   deg.|F   deg.|F   deg.|F   deg.|   deg.  ’ |   deg.  ’  |        |     |    |
1|Landed at   |    |    |    |    |       |        |        |     |    |
|Maitea at   |    |    |    |    |       |        |        |     |    |
|10 a.m.     |    |    |    |    |       |        |        |     |    |
|Left at     |    |    |    |    |       |        |        |     |    |
|3:30 p.m.   |... |... |... |... |17 53 S|147 55 W|W, 1/4 deg.N| ... | 139|NE 4 to 3
2|Arrived at  |    |    |    |    |       |        |        |     |    |
|Tahiti      |    |    |    |    |       |        |        |     |    |NE to NW,
|at 8 a.m.   |... |... |... |... |  ...  |  ...   |  ...   |  17 |  98|5 to a calm
8|Left        |    |    |    |    |       |        |        |     |    |
|Tahiti at   |    |    |    |    |       |        |        |     |    |
|6 p.m.      |... |... |... |... |  ...  |  ...   |  ...   | ... | ...| ...
9| ...  ...   |82.3|82  |80  |79  |15 28 S|149 24 W|  ...   | 101 |  24|ENE and E 5
10| ...  ...   |82.5|82  |80.3|79  |13 31 S|149 45 W|N, 10 deg.  W| ... | 124|NE by
|            |    |    |    |    |       |        |        |     |    |E 3 to 7
11| ...  ...   |83.3|82.5|81  |79.2|11  0 S|150  3 W|  ...   | ... | 155|NE and NE 5