In the morning the weather was good. At the start of the morning watch and at the beginning of the ebb tide we raised the anchor and drifted down. At 7 o’clock we came to a standstill at 9 feet between Canje Creek and the watch-post. In the forenoon we cleaned the ‘tween decks and the quarterdeck and smoked them using juniper and incense. During the afternoon and dog watches the sky was squally with a stiff breeze. At sunset with the ebb tide we raised the anchor and drifted off, passing the watch-post. When one The length of the watches was measured using an hourglass filled with sand. Each watch consisted of 8 half-hour glasses, marked by bells.glass in the first watch had run out we anchored at 3 fathoms of mud just outside t’ Crabbeneijlandt. During the night we had squally skies till morning.