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Sunday 7 th July [?] 183

Throughout these 24 hours Strong
winds from the Sth W ward Steering
Steered E by compass Saw a number
of vessels Steering in diferent [different] courses
the day being the Sabbath no larbour don [labour done]
more than occasion required So Goes all
well Lat obsd 37:52 Long [43:01 ?]

Monday the 8 th June

Began with fresh winds & dark weat [weather?]
Steering E by S by Compass Ship
under all Sail 1 Ship in sight standing
to the E ward People Employed in Sundry
jobs of Ships duty as occasion required
So Ends Lat Obs 37:45 Long 39:30

Tuesday th 9 th

all these 24 hours light breezes and
dark weather Ship under all Sail Steering
E S E by Compass Saw a number of
Vessels standing in different directions -
watch Employed in Ships duty So Ends
Lat Obsd 37:35 Long 37:50

Wednesday th 10 th

Throughout these 24 hours light breezes
from the W ward Steered E by Compass
Ship under all Sail at 5 passed the meridian
Spoke with the [Sumerian?] Barker of [?] Bedford
with 45 br Sperm Oil lored a boat and
went a br at [10 H 10?] took a lunar by
measuring the distance of the [moon?] from
the Sun Longitude deduced from this Obs
was 34:55 So Ends all well Lat Obsd
38:07