Revised Sep 8, 2021
1 pm: Fresh Breeze and fair weather
5 pm: Worked the Pumps
7 pm: Strong Breezes and cloudy in Top Gallant Sails Lower Steering Sail and 1st Reefs
12 mid: Fresh Gale and cloudy
5 am: At Day break made all Sail. Saw Tropic Men of War birds and sheerwaters, Porpoises & flying fish – Served thick portable Soup gruel for Breakfast
9 am: Cleaned below and aired with fires – served the daily allowance of ½ a pint of Vinegar per Man with portable soup in the Pease for dinner – Unbent the second best, and bent the old Topsails – Sailmakers & carpenters employed as yesterday – People working up Junk – At Noon fresh breezes and fair with Haze – Assistant leading according to her Station – Latitude Observed 12°..14′..22″ South