Revised Aug 26 2021
1 pm: Moderate Breezes and Cloudy Weather
2 pm: Exercised Great Guns and Small Arms
4 pm: Swell increasing from the WSW
8 pm: Squalls of light Rain. In Top Gallant & Main Top Mast Studding Sails.
10 pm: In Fore Steering Sail
11 pm: In Fore Topmast Ditto.
2 am: Wind increasing. In 2nd. Reefs
4 am: In 3rd. Reefs
8 am: Strong Gales and fair Weather with much Sea
Close Reefed the Tops and got down Top Gallant Yards
A Sea broke in the Larboard Quarter Gallery —
10 am: Cleaned and dried below & got all Wet Cloaths on deck to dry. —
12 noon: Ditto Weather. Assistant in Company and makes very good Weather of it —
The dutch speak of an Island called Nachtagal in the Latitude 40°..40′ S. and
nearly in the Longitude of 54°..00 East.