Jun 24, 1793 Home Providence Log Jun 26, 1793
Revised Aug 28 2021
1 pm: Fresh Breezes and fair Weather with Haze
4 pm: Squally. In 2nd Reefs Main Mizen & 3rd Fore Top Sail.
5 pm: Heavy Squall and sudden shift of Wind. In all Sails. Camerreoque Hills SbW, Pan of Matanzes SWbS 10 Leagues from the Bay.
8 pm: Moderate and fair Weather under Single Reefs
9 pm: The Pan at this distance appeared as a round lump of an Island a handspike length above the Horizon.
12 mid: Much Lightning around the Horizon. Sounded every ¼ of an hour untill day light with 70 to 80 fathoms line but had no Ground. This is a necessary precaution when taking the Gulf as we are.
6 am: Fired 4 Guns to bring a Schooner too. Sent the Assistant to Chase. Found her to be an American from Philidelphia loaded with Flour, bound to New Orleans.
9 am: Cleaned below and Exercised Great Guns & Small Arms Hot Breakfast every day and Sour Krout as formerly.
12 noon: Fresh Breezes and Squally Weather. Assistant & Schooner in Company. Packet &c as Yesterday and 2 Brigs
I had it not in my power to assertain how far in land the Pan of Matanzes lay I prefered fixing the situation of the West point of the Bay Of Matanzes, and from this I reckoned my Longitude by Time Keepers East or West of it, to assertain my possition in the Gulph. The Exactness of the Latitude of the Point depends on the supposed distance, I believe it not two Miles wrong, that error in the Longitude is admissible altho I do not think it to be more.
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