Revised Sep 8, 2021
1 pm: Moderate breeze and fine weather with haze
2 pm: Roused up the small Bower Cable – cleaned the Tier, and payed it down again
4 pm: Saw numbers of birds of the Gull species and fish leaping – passed by wome pieces of wood that had the appearance of being lately broken – worked the pumps as usual
7 pm: Shortened Sail & in 2d Reefs – spoke the Assistant, all well
9 pm: Fine clear weather – a heavy dew falling
10 pm: Noddies about the Ship
11 pm: Under an easy sail all night the Assistant leading a head with a light
12 mid: Cloudy
1 am: We had the Moon till about 3 OClock
4 am: At 4 Light Airs and cloudy
5 am: Out Reefs set Top Gallant Sails and steering Sails – Served thick portable soup for breakfast
8 am: Fair weather Cleaned below and aired with the foremost stove – Got the
Large cutter over the side, the crew employed fitting her – Sailmaker repairing the old Fore Sail
– Carpenters fixing Skids for the cutter – Served thick portable Soup and Krout in the
Pease for dinner – At Noon light breeze and fair weather a Hazy Horizon
Latitude Observed 10°..47′ South