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Tuesday 13th April 1852 Throughout theese [THESE] 24 hours had strong wind from N by East and nasty weather Carry all sail and steer ESE Brake [BROKE] out the fore hatch for water and to see how mutch [MUCH] water we had So ends all well Supposed Latitude 32..15 Longitude 151..07

Wednesday 14th Commenced with strong wind from N and some rain Brake [BROKE] out the after hatch for meete [MEAT] and spun yarn Middle and latter parts had a light wind from WNW and hard rain Watch employed washing So ends all well Latitude by Obs [OBSERVATION] DR [DEAD RECKONING] 33..40 Longitude per Count 149..36

Thursday 15th Throughout theese [THESE] 24 hours had light wind from NW and pleasant weather Ship under all sail steering S East Hands employed at sundry jobs of ships duty rig stages and [???] the starbord [STARBOARD] side of the Ship So ends in Latitude 33..56 Longitude 1149..10 [149..10]

Friday 16th Commenced with pleasant weather and a light wind from NW Ship under all sail steering SE Middle and latter part[S] had a breeze from the same way and squally attended with rain and lightning So ends all well Latitude 34..52 per Count Long [LONGITUDE] 147..30

Saturday 17th Throughout theese [THESE] 24 hours had fresh wind from South and squally Heed [HEAD] ESE Watch employed mending a fore sail The day ends in Latitude 35..45 Longitude 145..10 west