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Coast of Terra del Fuego (continued) each other: The declination of the South point of the Dep^ing Needle when set up a Shore in Success Bay was [check figure - 68° 15'] below the Horizon. Between Strait Le Maire and Cape Horn we found a Current Seting generally pretty Strong to the N.E. when we was in with the Shore but when 15 or 20 Leagues off we was not sencable of any. Voyaging Accounts © Transcribed from National Library of Australia Manuscript 1 page 33, 2004 Published by South Seas To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/cook_remarks-009