Revised Sep 8, 2021
1 pm: Moderate breeze and pleasant weather
3 pm: Sailmaker on the Mizen Top Sail
4 pm: Worked the Pumps
7 pm: In steering Sails Top Gallant Sails and 1 & 2 Reefs
8 pm: Moderate breeze and clear weather
11 pm: Cloudy
12 mid: Ditto Weather – Under an easy Sail all night the Assistant leading with a light
4 am: Fresh breezes and cloudy weather
6 am: Out all Reefs and made all Sail
7 am: Served portable Soup gruel for dk
8 am: Ditto Weather cleaned below – People employed making Points, and pointing the Mizen Top Sail
11 am: Saw Men of War birds brown and white Boobies Tropic birds and great numbers of
flying fish – At Noon fresh breeze and fair weather
Assistant in Company
Served Krout and Portable Soup in the Pease for Dinner
Latitude Observed 13°..34′ South
The Assistant having advantage of us in sailing, which she has kept since leaving Otaheite