May. 8, 1789
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Logbook Remarks GM
May. 10, 1789
Revised May 22 2021
1:00 pm A fine Pleasant Trade and Smooth Water
2:00 pm Employed cleaning the Boat and drying Cloaths. I amused all Hands by describing the Situation of New Guinea & New Holland and also Timor which I drew on a peice of Paper.
6:00 pm Served a Jill of water and ½ ounce of Bread for Supper. Sung a Song and went to Sleep.
8:00 pm The fine Weather so far revived us that every one was wonderfully in high spirits. Made a pair of Scales out of two cocoanutt shells to weigh the bread with and having Pistol Balls with us 24 of which weighed a pound I adopted One as the proportion that each person should have at a time.
5:00 am After a fine Nights rest the day succeeded as fine and serene as before.
7:00 am Served a Jill of Cocoanut milk for breakfast and some decayed bread.
8:00 am Saw Flying Fish and Tropic Birds
9:00 am Employed drying wet Cloaths.
12:00 pm Fine Weather. Divided four Cocoanutts for our Dinners and eat the remainder of the decayed bread that we could at all put into our mouths. Some pounds were so bad as to be worse than can be conceived.
This afternoon we got our Boat cleaned out and it took us the whole day to get every thing dry and in Order. Hitherto I have issued the allowance by guess, but I now got a pair of Scales made with two Cocoanutt Shells, and having accidentally some Pistol Balls in the Boat 24 of which weighed one pound, or 16 ounces I adopted one as the proportion of weight that each person should receive of Bread at the times I served it. I also amused all hands with describing the situation of New Guinea and New Holland, and I gave every information that in case any accident happened to me those who survived might have some Idea of what they were about and arrive safe at Timor, which at present they knew nothing of more than the Names.
At Night I served a Jill of Water and a ½ ounce of Bread for supper. In the morning half a Jill of Cocoa nutt milk and some of the decayed Bread for Breakfast, and for Dinner I divided the Meat of four Cocoanutts with the remainder of the Rotten Bread which was worse than can well be conceived.
May. 8, 1789
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May. 10, 1789