Revised Sep 8, 2021
1 pm: Fresh breezes and fine weather – Saw a Portuguese Man of war, a brown Sheerwater and a Mother Careys Chicken
5 pm: Worked the Pumps
6 pm: Ditto Weather
12 mid: Ditto Weather – Porpoises about the Ship
4 am: Fresh breezes and fine weather
5 am: Served thick portable Soup gruel for Breakfast – cleaned below and aired
with fires – exercised great guns – The Marines fired with small Arms – Lowered the
Main Top Sail to mend it – at ½ past 10 departed this Life of a dysentery Thomas Galloway
wardroom Cook aged about 47 – Served the weekly allowance of Vinegar – Bore cole & Portable
Soup mixed with oatmeal for dinner at Noon moderate breeze & cloudy weather – Broached a
Puncheon of Spruce Beer
Latitude Observed 1°..50′ South