Revised Sep 17 2021
1 pm: Light Airs & Cloudy Weather. Swell from the SW.
2 pm: Saw Sheerwaters & brown Albatrosses.
4 pm: Moderate Breeze & fine Weather
5 pm: Saw a Shoal of Whales about a Cables Length from the Ship, going to the Northward
7 pm: In 1st reef of the Topsails
8 pm: Light Breezes & Cloudy Weather
10 pm: Fine Weather
12 mid: A beautiful Moon light Night.
1 am: Fancied we saw something white like a Ships sails, but as there was no such thing, it must have been the blowing of Whale or perhaps the reflection of the ☽ only
6 am: Saw several Sea birds.
8 am: Fine clear Weather
9 am: Sailmakers repairing the old Fore topsail. Carpenters trimming the Ports. People scraping the Quick-work and Gun Carriages for painting and picking Oakum – Saw two Whales at a Distance & a Portuguese Man of War.
12 noon: At Noon a Light Air & fine Weather
Assistant in Company – Swell from SW