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Revised Aug 30 2021

Bond's Providence Logbook Oct 19, 1791

Remarks &c Wednesday 19th October 1791

 1 pm: Fresh breezes and squally with rain.

 3 pm: More moderate made the Assistants signal to make more sail

 6 pm: Moderate and cloudy, saw an Albatross

 8 pm: Hazy.

10 pm: Fresh gale and cloudy, made and shortened sail occasionally for the Assistant.

 5 am: Fine weather and cool air.

 9 am: Cloudy. Cleaned below and aired with fires. Seamen employed making Mats and mending the rattlings. Armourer employed at the Forge. Saw 3 tropic birds.

12 noon: Fresh breezes and hazy with a heavy swell from the westward; the Assistant in company. Saw an Albatross.
   Latitude Observed 29°·09′ South


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