In the morning and the forenoon the wind was NW to NNW. At dawn we steered NE and saw a ship lying to the east. We had squally skies with stiff squalls of rain, snow, hail and wind. We put up the topsails and then took them back in. At noon our estimated compound course and sailed distance of the last twenty-four hours was ENE 24 miles, arriving at an estimated North latitude of 50°3′ longitude 7°00′, with a found latitude of 49°57′. We measured the depth at 62 1 fathom = 6 feet (170 cm) fathoms of muddy ground and steered east. In the afternoon and dog watches the wind was NW with stiff squalls of hail, snow and wind. We put up the topsails and took them back in, saw a ship snow lying with us. When 4 glasses in the watchThe 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 dog watches had run out we steered E by S. At the end of the dog watches we measured a depth of 52 fathoms with all shells and soft stones. We let the ship sail with the small sail before the foresail. In the first watch we saw a beacon to the N by E at Isles of ScillyEngland, United KingdomSorlis, which we saw all through the night since it was dark. At the end of the middle watch we again measured a depth at 52 fathoms. Nothing changed until morning.

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