Revised Sep 8, 2021
1 pm: Fresh Breezes and cloudy weather – at 1 hove too and tried with 120 fathom for soundings but found no Ground – Made sail again out 2d Reef Fore & Main Topsails
5 pm: Set the Fore Top Mast Steering Sail
7 pm: Hauled down the Steering Sail
8 pm: Moderate and cloudy with a swell from the SW
10 pm: Very heavy swell from the Westward and and [sic] a cross Sea – tried for ground with 120 fathom – found none
4 am: Saw a Ship standing to the SE – bearing ESE
5 am: Scrubbeed Hamacoes
6 am: Saw a number of Sheerwaters & a few Albatrosses
7 am: Set the Fore Top Mast and Lower Studding Sail
8 am: Light Winds with a very heavy Swell from the SW
12 noon: Fresh Breezes and fine weather with a Long heavy Swelll from the Westward
Latitude Observed 37°..30′ South
The Strange Sail NE