Revised Sep 7, 2021
1 pm: Fresh Breezes and cloudy
2 pm: Unbent the old and bent the new Main Topsail
3 pm: Scrubbed a new fore Top Gallant Sail – unbent the old & bent the new one
6 pm: Drizzling rain – Shortened Sail for the Assistant – In 2d Reef Fore Topsail
8 pm: Fires all night to air Ship
10 pm: Lightning to the Southward
11 pm: Shew a Light which the Assistant answered
12 mid: Fresh Gale and thick rainy weather
2 am: Rain
4 am: Fresh Gale and dark weather with [?] rain
6 am: In 2d Reefs Main & Mizen Topsail and shortened Sail for the Tender
8 am: Hard rain – Saw a number of Sheerwaters and some Albatrosses – Cleaned below and aired the Ship with fires – Saw a small kind of white Gull called a [Gannup?] – at 9 Fair weather and light rain at ½ past sprung up a fresh breeze from [Westward?] Out all Reefs Main & Mizen Top Sails and 2d Fore Top Sail Set Top Gallant Sails and steering Sails
12 noon: At Noon Fresh Breezes fair weather with haze
Latitude Observed 31°..04′ South