Revised Aug 26 2021
1 pm: Strong Breezes and Fair Weather
5 pm: Let fresh Water into the Ship and Worked the Pumps as usual to keep the Ship free of bad air
8 pm: Fresh Gales and Cloudy
12 mid: Very heavy Dew
5 am: Saw several large Fish, Species of Grampus which the South Whale Fishers call Black Fish.
8 am: Fair Weather. Served a Hot Breakfast of Portable Soup Gruel – Sweet Wort at ½ past 10, and Sour Krout as usual. —
10 am: Bent the Cables - Cleaned below.—
11 am: In 2nd. Reefs on account of the Assistants not being able to keep way with us. —
12 noon: Fresh Gales and fair Weather with much Haze under Double Reefed Top Sail and
Fore Sail. – Handed Main Sail.—
Assistant in Company under whole Topsail & Courses -
Some Sheerwaters and Blue Petterals.—