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Revised 2010-07-12

Bond's Providence Logbook Mar 27, 1792

Remarks &c Tuesday 27th March 1792

 1 pm: Fresh breezes and thick squally weather with rain and a great Head-Sea – Assistant came about under our bows (amid some confusion)

 3 pm: Cloudy in 3rd reef Fore Top Sail

 4 pm: Fresh gales and squally – Close reefed Main Top Sail and handed the Fore & Mizen – Down Fore Top Gallant Yards

 7 pm: Worked the Pumps as usual and kept Fires in all night

 8 pm: Fresh gales and cloudy weather

10 pm: Frequent flashes of Lightning from the North & NW

12 mid: Fresh breezes and fair weather – The head sea too great to allow any more sail to be made

 3 am: At 3 much Lightning from the NE

 5 am: Made sail – A Swell still from the SW

 8 am: Light breezes and cloudy – The usual breakfast served of Portable Soup Gruel – Exercised the Seamen at Great Guns & the Marines with blank cartridges at Small Arms – Served Wort and Sour Krout. Carpenters employed caulking the Launch &c and Sailmakers repairing sails. Got up the Quarter Deck Awning

12 noon: Ditto Weather – the Assistant in company Broached Spruce Beer for the people – People also employed working up Junk.
   Latitude Observed 34°:31′ South


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