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Elmina, Ghana

First mate’s logbook

In the morning we got the boat with firewood and 16 sacks of wheatmillet on board. This time the boat came from GhanaElmina Castle. Later we had good weather throughout the rest of the day. We got 2 canoes of water and stocked 2 bundles of wood. We received 6 slaves on board; 5 men and a woman. Later in the evening we had good weather and with the leave of the first watch a trade wind with rain came from N. It stayed this way until morning.