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Revised Sep 16 2021

Flinders's Providence Logbook Mar 13, 1792

Remarks Tuesday 13th Towards Otaheite

 1 pm: Moderate Breezes & foggy Weather Tacked Ship

 2 pm: Saw Albatrosses, Silver Birds, some Rock-weed covered with Barnacles and a (Fin-back) small Whale

 4 pm: the Weather rather Clearer

 6 pm: The Pumps worked as usual

 8 pm: Moderate Breezes & dark Cloudy Weather

 9 pm: Obliged to shorten sail occasionally for the Assistant

12 mid: Fresh Breezes & Cloudy Weather A Fire kept all Night in the Galley to air the Ship

 3 am: Took in the Fore Top Gallant sail

 4 am: Several black-fish near the Ship

 5 am: At Day break, found the Main topmast Trustle trees broke – Took in the Sail, sent down the yard and secured the Mast

 8 am: Fresh Breezes and misty unpleasant Weather

 9 am: Cleaned below and Aired with Fires

10 am: Sweet Wort served at the usual time

11 am: Saw several Patches of Rock-weed – Sailmakers top gallant the Old Mizen topsail –

12 noon: Fresh Breezes and thick misty Weather so much so that there was not the least Chance of obtaining either a Meridian or Double Altitude for the Latitude
The Assistant in Company


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