In the morning we had squally skies. At the outset of the morning watch and the beginning of ebb tide we raised the anchor and set sail with an eastern gentle and an average topgallant sail breeze. At 7 o’clock we stranded on the riverbank at 9 feet of mud ground. ‘t Crabbeneijlandt was south of us at an estimated 1½ miles. In the forenoon the weather was good. In the afternoon, at half past four, we raised the anchor and sailed off. The wind came from NE by E and was an average top sail breeze and the weather was good. We passed the depth of 11 and 9 feet and deeper; at sunset we had reached a depth of 15 feet. The island was S by E from us at an estimated 3 to 3½ miles. 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 dog watches we anchored at 4½ 1 fathom = 6 feet (170 cm)fathoms of sticky mud. During the night the wind was NE by E till ENE. We had a stiff breeze till morning.