1 pm: Moderate breezes and fine weather at 12 Hour.25 Minutes brought up with the small Bower in 7½ fathoms soft ground – Turtle Back Island S18E to S23E 3 or 4 leagues. Twins S51W to S65W 3 miles High Hill called R S39W – Cap S2E 4 miles. Q N33W. Dry sand from N64.30W to N68.30W 2 or 3 miles. Saw land from NbW to NWbN – Sent the Boats to Leeward to examine for a passage – At 5 the Boats returned with good tiding os a passage being there. Worked the Pumps as usual – In Boats and down Top Gallant Yards

 9 pm: Saw in the course of the day some flocks of green Birds about the size Sheerwaters, wandering from one Island to another.

 5 am: At day light out Boats – Breakfasted at 6 O'Clock on Gruel as usually made – Up Top Gallant Yards

 6 am: Moderate breezes and fair weather At 7 Hour.36 Minutes weighed under double reefed Top Sails – Assistant and Boats leading making signal occasionally of the Soundings – At 8.50 ye Twins bore South

 9 am: At 9 Hour.50 Minutes Saw Land in the WbN made ye Signal to the Assistant. Saw many birds, fish, and a water Snake. At 10 Hour.50′ saw a sand bank and high land bearing SW. made ye Signal. – At 11 Hour.05 Minutes the Large Cutter and the Assistant made ye Signal to anchor – brought up with the Small Bower in 6¾ fathoms couse Coral sand. The Twins (Brothers) bearing S64E to S70E about 4 leagues. Cap S63E – Q N7E – An Island R S17W 9 leagues U S44W 7 leagues An Island T N57W – Shoals from SbE to SWbW dry bank – others West and NNW. Moderate and fair weather
   Latitude Observed 9°:40′·33″ South