Revised Jun 7 2021
Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1788
1:00 pm Moderate Breezes and fine Weather.
2:00 pm Tacked. Opened a Puncheon of Pork Contents 160 four pound peices No. 555, short two peices
8:00 pm Some Small Rain
9:00 pm Fair Weather.
11:00 pm Out 1st Reefs
Thursday, Feb. 28, 1788
6:00 am Set Fore Topmast Steering Sail
8:00 am Moderate & fair Weather, but too Cloudy
to get my Lunar Observation.
Employed dipping the new Main Topsail in
the Sea for
bending,
& brought it too. Overhauled the Old one
12:00 pm Ditto Weather. Swell from the SSE - some Sheerwaters & a Port Egmont hen about the Ship. Saw some Dolphins.
Remarks at Noon: Thermometer in Air 74°