May 25-28, 1788 Home Logbook Jun 6-12, 1788
Revised Jun 28 2021
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| Week Days | Mo Days | Winds | Ther | Remarks in False Bay Cape of Good Hope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1788 | ||||
| Thursday | 29 | No | 63° | Strong Gales & Squally with frequent heavy Rain. Struck yards & Topmasts. Empd in the Cabbin picking and sorting the Damaged Bread. Fresh Meat and Vegetables as before. |
| NEBN | 60° | |||
| NBE | 57° | |||
| NBW | 56° | |||
| Friday | 30 | North NW So | 57° | Strong Gales & constant Rain with very sharp flashes of Lightning. Empd. the People below about the Bread. Little else could be done. Fresh Meat and Greens as before. At 11 AM anchored a French Viscount de Kei from the Mauritius bound to Harve de Grace. |
| 58° | ||||
| 55° | ||||
| 54° | ||||
| Saturday | 31 | So. | 51° | Do. Wr. Empd overhauling the Rigging below and picking the damaged Bread. Served Fresh meat & Greens as usual. |
| 51° | ||||
| 51½° | ||||
| 53° | ||||
| June Sunday | 1 | SEBS | 53 | Fresh Gales and clear Wr. Set the Carpenters to Caulking, Boatswain about the Rigging and all the necessary duties forwarded without delay. Fresh meat & Greens as usual. |
| 54 | ||||
| 55¾ | ||||
| Monday | 2 | SEBS | 54 | Fair Wr. & Fresh Gale. Anchored the Java a Dutch East India Man from Ceylon. Empd caulking and refitting the Rigging and in the Hold. Hauled the Seine and Caught mullett sufficient to serve all hands. Fresh Meat &ca. as usual. Found the damaged Bread remaining after being most careuflly checked taking off ⅓ for Wet to amount to 7560 lbs and also 30 Bags that were laid at the bottom of the Bread Room totally rotten and unfit for any use whatever. Found two Puns Pork totally unfit for use the Nikle being taken out. |
| 53½ | ||||
| 53½ | ||||
| 55½ | ||||
| Tuesday | 3 | SEBS
Calm | 57 | Fine Wr. Empd. Caulking the [?]. In the Hold, Cooper & Armourer on shore, Sailmakers at work about the Sails. Served fresh Meat and Vegetables as usual. Hauled the Seine & served Fish. |
| 56 | ||||
| 65¾ | ||||
| Wednesday | 4 | Calm | 58 | Fair Wr. Empd. about the Rigging and the Artificers about their respective works. Hands about the Hold. Served Fresh Meat & Vegetables as usual. Hauled the Seine Served Fish as before. |
| 55 | ||||
| 56 | ||||
| Thursday | 5 | Calm
NNW | Fair Wr. Carpenters Caulking. Boatswain about the Rigging. Sailmks repairing Sails. Received and served Fresh Meat and Greens as usual. At 1 PM Fired 21 Guns in Commemoration of His Majestys Birth Day. I now took the Thermometer on shore to know the temperature of the Air the Time Keeper stood in. |
May 25-28, 1788 Home Logbook Jun 6-12, 1788