The wind was a weak breeze from WSW in the morning and the weather was good. At dawn we raised anchor and set sail. We had Fort Metal CrossDixcove, GhanaDick’s Cove to NE by N of us. With two 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 forenoon we assembled a barrel. We anchored unto 13 1 fathom = 6 feet (170 cm) fathoms of sticky ground in front of ButreGhanaFort Batenstein we had the fort to NNW of us and fired 5 shots. Here we found captain Davidt Sijlonimij, who also left today. Our captain took the sloop to the wall. Later in the afternoon the wind was a stiff breeze from W to NW and the sky was stormy. With the leave of the first watch we got a heavy trade wind with a bit of rain and a lot of lightning from NW till ENE. We had again a gentle breeze, but was stormy till the morning.