Revised Sep 8, 2021
1 pm: Fresh Trade and fair weather – served Slops to the People
2 pm: Employed washing and mending the cloaths
4 pm: Carpenter and Sailmaker employed about the Plant House
7 pm: In Steering Sails Top Gallant Sails and 2d Reefs Top Sails Spoke the Assistant
8 pm: At 8 made the Strong and at 20 minutes past hauled to the wind – clear weather
11 pm: Wore Ship per Signal every two hours during the night – the Ast leading on each Tack
1 am: Fresh breezes and cloudy
3 am: New stropped one of the Mizen Top Sail Sheet blocks that had given way
5 am: At ½ past 5 bore up and made all Sail the Assistant leading – Saw Porpoises, a Sea Snake & a Tropic bird – passed patches of Brown Scum
8 am: Served thick portable Soup Gruel for Breakfast
9 am: Fresh breezes and fine weather – cleaned below
10 am: Mustered the People in divisions and performed divine Service
12 noon: A Fresh breeze and fair weather with haze – shortened Sail and sounded as per
Column – Served Krout in the Pease for dinner
Latitude Observed 9°..08′..08″ South