Demerara, Guyana

Caribbean

First mate’s logbook

We had good weather throughout the day. We took down the fore topmast and took off the fore rigging, before putting on 3 span of new rigging. We received 10 barrels of sugar on board marked IM/T, and stowed them away. An English a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts having the foremasts rigged square and the aftermast rigged fore-and-aft. barque passed above us. The weather remained good all night, till morning.