Revised Sep 8, 2021
1 pm: Moderate breeze and cloudy weather
4 pm: Light Airs
6 pm: Worked the Pumps as customary
7 pm: Saw Porpoises
8 pm: Ditto Weather
9 pm: In Royals and Lower Steering Sails – Lightning in the NE Quarter
12 mid: Moderate breeze and fair weather
4 am: Cloudy
5 am: Set Royals, lower and Fore Top Gallant Steering Sail – Fine weather – Saw two fish called by Seamen Yellow Tails – (of the Dolphin kind) – Out 1st Reefs Top Sails – Served thick portable Soup gruel for breakfast – Cleaned dry below and aired with fires – Exercised great Guns and small Arms – At 10 made the Signal & Spoke the Assistant – all well on board – Served Portable Soup in the Pease for dinner – Broached a Puncheon of Spruce Beer – Saw flying fish
12 noon: Moderate breeze & fair weather
Latitude Observed 3°..05′ North