Revised Aug 27 2021
1 pm: Moderate Breezes and Fair Weather. Received 4 Live Bullocks and a quantity of Hay.
2 pm: Discharged John Burden Seaman Unserviceable into His Majesty's Ship Atalanta to be taken home.
4 pm: Unmoored Ship and hove in to ⅓ of a Cable. Sailed the Genoese.
8 pm: Rain in the Mountains.
11 pm: Weighed under Singles Reefs. The Battery on Ladder Hill Saluted us with 13 Guns. Returned the same number.
1 am: Bore away, James's Valley SSE 2 Miles, Set all Sails.
2 am: Found Thomas Mathers had run from the Ship. He was Gunners Mate, a Stout able Man, and is supposed to have been enticed away by the Towns People.
5 am: The Extremes of St. Helena SbE to SE½S 9 Leagues.
6 am: Saw many Flying Fish and a St. Helena Pidgeon.
8 am: Light flying Showers and Cloudy Weather.
9 am: Unbent the Cables. Cleaned Ship and Aired with Fires. Killed a Bullock and sent Fresh Meat to the Assistant. Punished John Letby and John Curry with 8 lashes for insolence & disobeying orders
12 noon: Cloudy Weather with bright intervals. All Studding Sails set.
Assistant in Company.