Revised Sep 8, 2021
1 pm: Fresh Breezes and cloudy weather – People washing and mending their cloaths, saw flying fish
5 pm: Squally with small Rain – In Royals
6 pm: Worked the Pumps as usual
8 pm: Cloudy with small rain, & Lightning
12 mid: Squally with showers
2 am: Ditto Weather
4 am: Fresh breeze and cloudy with light squalls and rain – Saw many flying fish –
6 am: Clear weather – served thick portable soup gruel for Breakfast – Washed the Gun, Orlop, & Cockpit decks & aired ship with fires – Exercised the Marines at small Arms & fired – Sailmaker on the Mizen Top Sail – Opened a Cask of Pork No 3 contents 132 double Pieces – Served sour Krout – Broached a Puncheon of Spruce beer
12 noon: Fresh Breeze & Squally – Latitude Observed 3°..54′ South