Revised Sep 8, 2021
1 pm: Fresh breezes and cloudy weather
2 pm: People washing and mending cloaths
3 pm: Sailmaker repairing the old Fore Top Sail
4 pm: Saw tropic birds and others of the petterel kind – at 5 Light airs, hauled down the Fore Top Mast Steering Sails – worked the pumps
7 pm: at 7 the wind shifted round suddenly with very heavy rain – up courses and in 2d Reefs Topsails
10 pm: Frequent hard showers of rain
2 am: Light Airs and cloudy weather
5 am: Out 2d Reefs Fore & Main Top Sail & set courses
6 am: Up Top Gallant Yards and set the sails
7 am: Saw tropic birds
8 am: Moderate breeze and fair weather – swell from ye SE; loosed the small Sails to dry – Served portable soup gruel for breakfast (The first time since our arrival at Otaheite)
11 am: Got up all wet cloaths to dry, Chests & Bags & washed the Gun, Orlop, and Cockpit decks Mustered the ships company in divisions, after which Captain Bligh read prayers to them
12 noon: At Noon moderate breeze and fair weather – Swell from the SE – Assistant in Company
Latitude Observed 19°..16′ South