In the morning and forenoon there was a dead calm and a cloudy sky, we saw a lot of dirt adrift. At noon our estimated course and covered distance of the last twenty-four hours was SE 9 ½ miles at an estimated north latitude of 10°35′, longitude 358°39′. Our actual north latitude was 10°35′. In the afternoon we made a puddening in our heavy stream anchor, stuck the rope in and put the anchor under the bowsprit, swirling currents. Throughout we had light airs from the N. Till morning we had a dead calm under a cloudy sky.