Revised Sep 8, 2021
1 pm: Moderate breeze and very fine weather
2 pm: Sailmaker repairing the old Mizen Topsail
4 pm: worked the Pumps
6 pm: In steering Sails and 1st Reef Topsails
8 pm: Ditto Weather – heard a whale blowing
12 mid: Light breeze and cloudy – under an easy sail, the Assistant leading ahead with a light
6 am: Out Reefs and made all Sail – Saw two Tropic birds – Served thick portable Soup Gruel for breakfast
8 am: Fresh breezes and cloudy with flying Squalls In Royals – Washed all the Decks &
aired with the Brodies Stoves – at 10 in 1st Reefs – Exercised the boats crews at small Arms –
at Noon fresh breeze and dark cloudy weather – Served portable Soup and sour Krout in the Pease for
Dinner
An Indifferent Observation Latitude 13°..41′ South
Saw a few brown birds of the petterel kind