In the morning the wind was a NW topsail breeze. At daybreak we put up the topsails with one reef and at dawn we saw land to the N by E of us. We steered NE by E. At forenoon the wind was a NNE topsail breeze and we steered with the wind. We saw a hooker to the N by E of us also lying to the east. We tied the buoy ropes on the anchors and tied the sheet rope to the sheet anchor. At noon our estimated compound course and sailed distance of the last twenty-four hours was east 20 ½ miles with an estimated latitude of 49°57′, longitude 9°7′ and a found latitude of 49°48′. We gauged the land Lizard PointEngland, United KongdomLezard of the west corner to be to the NW by W of us at a distance of approximately 6 miles from us. In the afternoon the wind was a N to NNE stiff single to reefTo reduce the surface area exposed to the wind.reefed topsail breeze. We saw several ships lying to the S to SSW. At sunset the land and east corner were to the N by W of us, sighted at a distance of 6 to 7 miles from us. We put the second reef in the topsails. With the start of the watch we had a dark, overcast sky; we took in the topsails and came about NW with a NE by E and NE stiff breeze. We saw various ships that lay against us to the SW, and a beacon in the NNW. With the end of the first watch we came about SE; the beacon was in the NNW of us. There were light hail- and snow squalls. With the end of the middle watch we came about N, until the morning.

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