In the morning and forenoon we had squally skies with rain and also good weather. At noon our estimated compound course and sailed distance of the last twenty-four hours was N¼E 12 miles, getting on the estimated north latitude of 14°25′, longitude 317°12′. We had an ESE gentle breeze with a squally sky. During the afternoon watch, dog watches and first watch we had rain with a ESE, NE and NE by N stiff reefed topsail breeze. We put a to reefTo reduce the surface area exposed to the wind.reef in the topsails. When 5 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 in the first watch had run out we came about SE. Then in the middle watch we had an increasing breeze to a lower sail breeze. When 4 glasses in the middle watch had run out we took down the top sails. We had squally skies and a high sea till morning.

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