Revised Aug 25 2021
1 pm: Moderate and fair Weather. Scrubbed all the peoples Bags & examined their Cloaths. —
4 pm: Albetrosses & Pintada Birds & one of the Officers informed me he saw a Cape Hen —
8 pm: Fresh Breezes and fair Weather with some light Squalls
10 pm: Fires all Night to Air Ship
5 am: Drizling Rain – Albetrosses Mother Careys Chicken, Pintada Birds and several large Whales seen —
7 am: Parallel of Cape Town — altered course.
8 am: Fair Weather. Up all Chests & Bags and Washed & Cleaned every
part of the Ship.
Dried afterwards with Fires —
Unshiped the Windlass, & Caulked under & about it. —
12 noon: Fair Weather and Haze Assistant in Company All Sails Set —
Served the last puncheons of Spruce Beer to the people —