In the morning we had a fresh T by N breeze and we could see the corner of the river of Demarara RiverGuyanaDemerarij to the S by W½W of us. At dawn we raised anchor and set sail in order to go somewhat above Demerarij. 3 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 dropped anchor at 15 feet of sticky ground, with the corner of the river of Demerarij to the SW by S½S of us. At noon we had an eastern stiff topsail breeze and good weather. Halfway to the high tide we raised anchor and set sail, steering to the SSW at a depth of 16 feet, then towards the eastern corner at a depth of 13 feet, then towards the SW by S, so that the river was open. We steered for the lee corner, with a depth of 3 1 fathom = 6 feet (170 cm) fathoms. With 6 glasses into the afternoon the east corner of the river was located crossways from us and we were at a depth of 4 fathoms. We then kept close below the lee shore and passed the watch-post and the ship The Spoorse Galley, which was anchored in front of a plantation. At sunset we anchored at 3½ fathoms of mud, in front of a plantation where we also found the ship The Hope, commanded by captain Baake. We found a broken shroud in the fore rigging. The weather remained good at night, till morning.