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Revised Sep 17 2021

Flinders's Providence Logbook Dec 16, 1792

Remarks ☉ [Sunday] December 16th 1792 H.M.S. Providence

 1 pm: Moderate Breezes & fine Weather with Haze

 2 pm: People washing and mending their Cloaths

 4 pm: Ditto Weather

 8 pm: Cloudy – Many Porpoises about the Ship

11 pm: Took in the royals – Carrying all Sail that can be done cautiously

 4 am: Shifted the Ships Companys Hammocks – The People up scrubbing them and their Bags

 7 am: Saw several flying Fish.

 8 am: Cloudy Weather and hazey Set the royals

 9 am: Ships [Company] mustered in Divisions, seen clean and Divine Service performed by the Captain – A Puncheon of Spruce for the People.

12 noon: At Noon Moderate Breezes & Cloudy Weather
Assistant in Company.


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