Revised Sep 8, 2021
1 pm: Moderate breeze and dark cloudy weather with light showers of rain
3 pm: In Royals
5 pm: Rain
7 pm: Worked the pumps as usual
8 pm: Cloudy weather with heavy rain – In steering sails – Kept a fire in the Galley all night – at ½ past 9 misting rain and cloudy weather – In two Reefs Fore & Main and 1 of the Mizen Top Sails
12 mid: Moderate breeze and cloudy weather with small Rain
4 am: Fresh breezes and cloudy with squalls
6 am: at 6 out Reefs of the Fore & Main Top Sail – Served thick portable Soup
gruel for Breakfast – Saw Tropic Birds and flying fish – at 8 strong breeze and dark cloudy weather
– In Top Gallant Sails – Cleaned below and got up all wet cloaths to dry – set up the Stoves
in the fore & after cockpits and aired ship with fires Served Krout as usual, Borecole and portable Soup in
the Pease for dinner, broached a Puncheon of Spruce Beer – people employed fitting Lines and Cords for the
Boats – Sailmaker repairing the old Main Top Gallant Sail – Carpenters as yesterday – at noon
dark cloudy weather with strong breezes Sun set was seen
Latitude Observed 18..42 South
Assistant in Company