Revised Aug 30 2021
1 pm: Fresh breezes and hazy weather with a swell from the Southward.
4 pm: Caught a Bonetta
5 pm: Aired the small sails
6 pm: Squally with showers.
9 pm: Moderate and hazy – kept a fire in the Galley all night
12 mid: A luminous appearance on the water – Fresh breezes and cloudy weather
3 am: Squally with small rain; clewed down the Topsails
4 am: Clear – Saw several Dolphins.
6 am: Fresh breezes and cloudy. Saw a great many Albacores, Bonettas,
Dolphins, Flying fish, and Squids.
This being Banyan day, served Borecole Pearl Barley, and Portable soup to the crew.
11 am: Cleaned below, and aired with fires.
12 noon: Fresh breezes and haze, with a swell from the Southward. Assistant in company.
Broached a puncheon of Spruce Beer brewed on board
Latitude Observed 00°14′ South