Revised Sep 2 2021
1 pm: Fresh gale and very hazy weather with much sea
6 pm: In Fore steering sail
8 pm: Down Top Mast Steering sail, in Top Gallant Sails and 2nd reef Top Sails
10 pm: In 3rd reef Main Topsail
6 am: Moderate breezes and cloudy out 3rd and 2ndf reefs Top Sails – Set Top Gallant Sails, Fore & Fore Top Mast steering sails – Saw 3 Tropic birds and one of the Petteral species – Lowered Fore Top sail and had it mended where split
10 am: Out 1st reef and made sail foreward. [Spliced?] the Mizen Top Sail which had give way – Served fresh Pork & Plantains as usual the Bread fruit being rotten.
12 noon: Moderate breezes and fair weather with haze. – Assistant in company –
saw Tropic birds
Latitude Observed 17°:41′ South