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Settra Kru, Liberia

First mate’s logbook

We had a moderate topgallant sail breeze. At sunrise we fired a shot, with the high cliffs of Settra KruLiberiaSestro Krou to the E by N of us and Gbeta KlepoLiberiaLittle Sestros to the ENE of us. In the forenoon we received two canoes on board: one from Sestro Krou and one from Little Sestros. There was a WSW breeze at noon, so we raised anchor and set sail. With 4 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 afternoon we dropped anchor at 26 1 fathom = 6 feet (170 cm)fathoms of stiff ground, with the cliff to the N b E of us and the croon of Sestro Krou to the NE ½ E of us. We bought 3 slaves: a woman, a boy and a girl, No. 31 and 33. The evening brought a SW wind which changed to S wind at night. We had an overcast sky till morning.