Revised Aug 26 2021
1 pm: Fresh Breezes and Dark Cloudy Weather —
2 pm: Opened a Cask of Beef No. 1394 Contents 66 Double peices.–
4 pm: Cloudy Weather and clearer Horizon - Saw some patches of Sea Weed. —
6 pm: Let fresh Water into the Ship and Worked the pumps to Ventilate the Ship. —
10 pm: Thick Misty Weather with Rain – many luminous blubbers on the Water.—
12 mid: Squally in 2nd Reefs. Fires all Night to Air the Ship. —
3 am: Constant Rain and great head Sea.
4 am: Fresh Gales and thick Misty Weather. In 3 Reefs Fore Top Sail, and down Top Gallant Yards. —
8 am: Served a Hot breakfast of thick portable Soup Gruel - Krout & Sweet Wort at 10 OClock, and Bore Cole in the pease for Dinner.—
10 am: Fresh Gale and Cloudy Weather. In 3rd. Reef Main Top Sail and Close Reefed Fore Top Sail and Handed Mizen Top Sail
11 am: Cleaned and dried with Fires
12 noon: Ditto Weather and much Head Sea. Broached a Puncheon good Spruce Beer for the
people. —
Sailmakers mending Sails, and the Taylor my Young folks Cloaths. —
Assistant in Company & Sails as well as we do
We are all well & hearty but myself. I am never free of a straitness of Skin about my left temple
& side of my face. Head Ach all day long. –