Revised Sep 8, 2021
1 pm: Fresh breezes and fair weather – saw Sheerwaters, Pintada birds, porpoises, Albatrosses, and Carys Chickens
4 pm: Cloudy
5 pm: Worked the Pumps as usual – Shifted the Fore Top Mast Steering Sail to the Starboard side & the Ditto to the Larboard Side – at 8 some drops of Rain
11 pm: Shortened Sail for the Assistant to come up
12 mid: A steady fresh gale with clouds – made more sail
2 am: Porpoises about the Ship
6 am: Served thick portable Soup Gruel for breakfast
7 am: In steering Sails the Assistant [dropping?] – Cleaned below and aired with fires – at 9 set steering Sails – Carpenters employed painting the Pinnace and Quick work on the Quarter deck – Sailmakers repairing the old Main Top Sail – People scraping the Quick work on the forecastle – Served Portable Soup in the Pease for dinner
12 noon: at Noon fresh Gale and fine weather with Haze – Assistant in Company
Latitude Observed 30°..59′ South