Revised Jun 7 2021
Sunday, Feb. 3, 1788
1:00 pm Light Breezes and Cloudy
8:00 pm Squalls of Rain
10:00 pm Fair Weather innumerable Schools of Fish and the Sea Covered with luminous Spots.
Monday, Feb. 4, 1788
1:00 am Cloudy with small showers of Rain in Squalls
6:00 am Flocks of Gull Peterels and wonderfull amounts of Fish but all efforts to catch any are ineffectual. Dolphins, Albecores Bonitoes Skipjacks & Flying Fish.
10:00 am Very heavy Rain & Sultry Weather. caught near 3 Tons Water, with every degree of care and Caution with Airing & drying below we cannot keep off the damp.
12:00 pm At Noon Ditto Weather. all hands employed filling water. Caught one Shark.
Remarks at Noon: Thermometer in Air 77°