Log of Beagle, 25 March 1841-29 December 1841

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Details of: course, winds, weather, remarks - provisioning at Port Jackson; crew's duties; sails set; surveying; cutting wood at Port Essington; issuing tobacco and soap to ship's company; sighted meteor from Canopus, 19 November 1841; provisioning at Swan River.

Places visited include: Port Jackson; Port Stephens; Cape Upstart; Magnetical Island; Bentick Island; Booby Island; Hammond Island; Port Essington; Coepang; Swan River; Champion Bay.

Stokes became acting Commander of Beagle in March 1841.

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