Revised Sep 2 2021
1 pm: Moderate breezes and fine weather passed a Booby on the water – Saw Tropic birds
5 pm: Saw a Cary Chicken & flying fish – also 2 Boobies – Shortened sail as usual & spoke ye Assistant – Worked the Pumps
11 pm: Caught this night 3 Noddies and saw several Porpoises
4 am: Moderate breezes and fine weather with thick haze on the Horizon
5 am: Made all sail. Saw several Tropic birds sitting on the water.
8 am: Served the usual breakfast – Saw 2 Gulls & a Cary Chicken – Cleaned below
9 am: Ditto Weather – Served Portable Soup and Krout in the Pease for Dinner
11 am: Saw large flock of birds of the Gull species; several patches of rock weed – Some Bonettas, flying-fish and Noddies
12 noon: Moderate breezes and fine weather with haze – Assistant in company
Latitude Observed 9°:27′ South