Revised Aug 26 2021
1 pm: Fresh Gales & dark Cloudy Weather. Sailmakers Employed about the Sails & Carpenters about the Cutter. —
5 pm: Saw some Divers — Two Cape Hens and bunches of Rock Weed. —
8 pm: Steered to give New Zeland a larger birth, in case the Wind Southing and to enable me to be more in a new Track —
10 pm: In Steering Sails and 1st. Reefs
4 am: Moderate Breezes and Foggy Weather. Out Reefs. —
6 am: Set all Steering Sails
8 am: Thick Misty Weather and sometimes a Fog. —
9 am: Saw a Pengwin. –
10 am: Served Bore Cole &c &c as yesterday and Aired Ship with Fires. Saw Rock Weed. Caughyt a Porpoise. —
12 noon: Moderate and thick Cloudy Weather. Sun out at times but no Horizon. No
Latitude. Assistant in Company. —
The Latitude Observed at Noon is from Double Altitudes the following afternoon. —
Served Slop & Tobacco to the Ships Company —