Revised Sep 16 2021
1 pm: Moderate Breezes and fair Weather
2 pm: Employed filling Salt Water and about the Cables
3 pm: Saw some Gannet Boobies
4 pm: Ditto Weather
6 pm: At 6 Lieutenant Portlock returned in the Whale boat In Studding sails Top Gallant sails and 1st reefs – hoisted in the Boat and sounded in 72 Fathoms Light Coloured Sand and Shells
8 pm: Fair Weather
10 pm: No Soundings with 30 Fathoms
12 mid: Ditto Weather Sounded 71 Fathom Sand, Shells and black stones
4 am: Ditto Weather
5 am: At Daybreak Out reefs and made all Sail after the Assistant
6 am: Saw a Bird like a Snipe and a Tropic Bird
8 am: Moderate Breezes and fine Weather
9 am: People employed about the Cables and in the Fore Hold filling Salt water and getting fresh to Hand
11 am: Measured the Log and Deepsea Lines – Saw flying Fish
12 noon: Fresh Breezes and fair Weather
The Assistant ahead leading