Revised Jun 7 2021
Sunday, Feb. 24, 1788
1:00 pm Light Airs and Cloudy
3:00 pm A Confused Swell
5:00 pm Caught 5 Dolphins. Tacked. Employed at the Pumps as usual.
8:00 pm Cloudy and a heavy Swell from the SE.
Monday, Feb. 25, 1788
12:00 am Out Reefs & set Steering Sails
6:00 am Squally
7:00 am Could make no Observation for the Variation
9:00 am Fair Weather. Employed about the Rigging & Cleaning below
12:00 pm Fair Weather and Cloudy. all Steering Sails set. a Southerly Swell. very few Birds seen & those only Sheerwaters.
Remarks at Noon: Thermometer in Air 76¾°