In the morning it was quiet. At the outset of the morning watch and at the beginning of the ebb tide we raised anchor and drifted off. When 5 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 in the morning watch had run out, we came to a standstill at 9 feet. Then during the forenoon it was quiet. In the afternoon we had an average topgallant sail breeze and good weather. At the beginning of the dog watches and at the beginning of the ebb tide we raised the anchor and drifted off. At 9 o’clock we anchored at 15 feet. We had good weather throughout the night till morning.