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Revised Sep 17 2021

Flinders's Providence Logbook Jan 17, 1793

Remarks ♃ [Thursday] 17th Towards St Vincents

 1 pm: Moderate Breezes & fair Weather with Haze

 2 pm: A Cask of Pork opened containing 122 six Pound peices and one of Beef containing 66 8 Pound peices.

 4 pm: Ditto Weather – Sailmakers repairing the Mizen Top Gallant sail

 8 pm: Fresh Breezes & fine Night

 9 pm: Took in the Lower Studding sail

10 pm: A Meteor seen in the SW

12 mid: Cloudy Weather

 2 am: At 2 Squally – In Fore Top Mast Studding sail, Top Gallant sails and double reefed the Mizen topsail

 4 am: Fresh Gale and squally Weather

 7 am: Out 2nd reef of the Mizen topsail and set Top gallant Sails.

 8 am: Fresh Gale and fair Weather

 9 am: Squally with rain, shortened sail, the Assistant considerably astern, made her Signal to come within Hail, All well on board – A Peice of fresh Pork sent to Mr Portlock by a Line & Cask – Clued up the Fore Topsail, mended and set it again – Unbent the Jib to repair – Spruce for the People toady

12 noon: At Noon Fresh Trade & fair Weather
Assistant in Company.


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