In the morning at the beginning of the morning watch we got a heavy trade wind from the SE. We came about SW. At dawn the wind started to decrease, so we put up the topsails with one reef. In the forenoon the wind was a weak and average topsail breeze from S by W and the sky was clouded. At noon our estimated compound course and covered distance of the last 24 hours was S 6 miles. We came at an estimated latitude of 3º31’ and the same longitude as before and we found the latitude to be 3º38′. In the afternoon the wind was a S to SSW average topgallant sail and topsail breeze. When 6 The length of the watches was measured using an hourglass filled with sand. Each watch consisted of 8 half-hour glasses, marked by bellsglasses had ran out we came about SE. At the beginning of the dog watches a male slave passed away, No.9. Later at night a topsail and lower sail breeze from SSW and S and later SW. Thick clouds drifted overhead. It rained the entire night until the morning.

