There was a gentle breeze from the land in the morning and forenoon. At the beginning of the forenoon we saw our boat with water coming out from the shore. We raised anchor and set sail, letting the boat sail behind us. In the afternoon there was a gentle S breeze with a dense misty sky. 6 Glasses (in a watch)The length of the watches was measured using an hourglass filled with sand. Each watch consisted of 8 half-hour glasses, marked by bells.glasses into the dog watches we dropped anchor at 32 1 fathom = 1.7 cubic metresfathom of stiff ground due to a calm. At night good weather till morning.