Revised Sep 2 2021
1 pm: Light airs and Calm with drizzling rain & dark cloudy weather – Surveyed some old Rope per Order (viz the Master & 2 Mates)
5 pm: At 5 the Assistant made ye signal for seeing Land – the weather cleared up and we saw Savage Island from the Mast head, bearing WbS½S distant about 7 leagues
10 pm: Dark cloudy weather with smart rain
12 mid: Thick weather
1 am: Light breeze and small rain
5 am: Very dark cloudy weather with small rain
6 am: Cloudy; set Fore & Fore Top Mast Steering Sails
7 am: Served the same breakfast as yesterday
8 am: Light breezes and cloudy – got up all wet Clothes to dry and cleaned below – Set Royals & Top Gallant Steering Sails. Served Slops to ye Ships Company – Sailmakers employed repairing old Sails, and Carpenters variously People making Points &c. Served Krout, and Bore Cole & Portable Soup for Dinner
12 noon: At Noon Moderate breezes & Cloudy weather with small rain – Assistant in Company
Latitude Observed 18°·23′·45″ South