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Petit-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire

First mate’s logbook

In the morning there was a SW gentle breeze with a misty sky. At dawn we As greeting.fired a shot and at the start of the forenoon we raised anchor and set sail. We filled 3 barrels with salt water in the bottom layer. In the afternoon, with 4 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 watch, we dropped anchor at 26 1 fathom = 6 feet (170 cm) fathoms of stiff ground with Petit-Bassam/Port BouetCôte d'IvoirePetit-Basan to the NE by N of us. In the evening and night we had a SW topgallant sail breeze and good weather till morning.