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Monrovia, Liberia

First mate’s logbook

In the morning and forenoon we had a light NO breeze and good weather. We bought a female slave No. 2 and received canoes from the MonroviaLiberiaCape Muserade on board. We understood from the negroes that captain Adriaan Sap was there. We put the latrineslave house on the back of the ship. In the afternoon 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 passed below us. During the evening and night there were light SW to NE airs and good weather till morning.