In the morning there was rain. At seven o’clock at the beginning of the ebb-tide we raised the anchor and drifted down. In the forenoon the weather was calm and we passed an English a sailing vessel with three or more masts; with a
square rigged foremast and fore-and-aft rigged main, mizzen and any other mastsbarquentine that was anchored in the river. We passed a depth of 3 ½ 1 fathom = 6 feet (170 cm)fathoms to 13 feet. In the afternoon we had a gentle breeze from the east and at noon we measured a depth of 15 feet. The pilot disembarked 2 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 afternoon and we anchored at a measured depth of 16 feet on soft mud. The corner of Demerarij was SW by W of us, at an estimated 3 ½ miles. In the afternoon we had a gentle breeze. We put the boat and rowboat on board. At the beginning of the dog watches we had a shower and a SSE wind, weighed anchor and set sail, putting the anchors on the bow. At sunset, the corner of the river of DemararaGuyanaDemerarij was SW½W of us, at an estimated 4 ½ miles and a depth of 4 fathoms. Throughout the night we had a varying SE to NE gentle wind, also calm. There were squally skies with rain till morning.