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Liberia

First mate’s logbook

In the morning there was a leeward wind. With 6 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 morning watch we raised anchor and set sail. There was a calm in the forenoon, and we bought 3 female slaves, one of whom had a small child, 55 and 57. In the afternoon we had a gentle to moderate topgallant sail breeze from the SSW by SW by S and throughout the evening and night we had a SSW moderate topgallant sail breeze and drifting clouds. We measured a depth of 35 to 28 1 fathom = 6 feet (170 cmfathoms on muddy ground. The weather remained unchanged till morning.