In the morning, at the beginning of the morning watch, we had a gentle breeze from N and good weather. We raised anchor and set sail and with two 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 forenoon we anchored at ShamaGhana Chama. We had the Fort St. SebastianShama, Ghana fort NW of us and we measured a depth of 9 1 fathom = 6 feet (170 cm) fathoms of muddy ground. Our captain went to the shore. We tarred the tips of the masts and topmasts, the tops around the masts and the rigging of the yards. We got 2 canoes to fetch water and we sent the rowboat to the shore to be checked for defects. Later in the evening it was stormy, but at night, until morning, we had good weather.