Revised Aug 26 2021
1 pm: Fair Weather and Moderate Breeze. People Employed Washing their Linnen
5 pm: Worked the pumps to Ventilate the Ship
7 pm: In 1st. Reefs of the Top Sail & Set Fore Top Mast Steering Sail
10 pm: Fire all Night to Air Ship
2 am: Smart Squalls of Rain
4 am: Fair Weather. Set Main Top Gallant and Lower Steering Sails
6 am: Saw many Birds after a School of Fish. Porpoises and Skip Jacks.—
8 am: Served thick Portable Soup Gruel for Breakfast Krout and Sweet Wort as usual —
10 am: Cleaned Ship Aired with Fires in the Fore and After Cockpits as usual. Employed mending Cloaths – Working up Junk & Exercised at small arms and fired —
12 noon: Moderate and pleasant Weather. Broached a Cask of Spruce Beer for the Ships Company. —
Sent a Quarter of fresh Mutton on Board the Assistant.—