Journall in the ship Esperance, Capt. Nicolas Carpentier, from Ostend to Bengale and from thence back to Ostend in the service of the General Imperial Company, established in the Austrian Netherlands

Ship Esperance in the harbour of Ostend bound to Bengale.

Monday January 14 1726. Received on bord two small casks with browne sugar & one of rossine.

Tuesday the 15. Received on bord 2 casks of biskets said to gt. 847 lb & twienty cask of rusk, said to gt 6500 lb. One small cask with white sugar, one of rice, & one of sulphur. 2 casks markt N.C. & a stream anchor no weight on it.

Wednesday the 16. Received on bord the stock of the stream anchor.

Thursday the 17. Received on bord 11 hhds of whole grout, & 5 of broken ditto. Sent ashore a small anchor.

Friday the 18. Received on bord one cask of mustard seed, 3 cases markt N.C.RW. n°. 1. a 3. & a mast about 64 feet long & 17 inches through.

Saturday the 19. Put downe one of our sheet cables in the hold, came in here a new Dutch ship for the company.

Monday the 21. Received on bord our new sheet cable, splic'd it & put it down in the hold, putt ashore one piece of brandy 4. cases of wine mark't P. n°. 13. 14. 14. 9. & 6 pigs of lead by Mr. Bernaert's order.

Tuesday the 22. Put ashore one piece of brandy & stowed our hold in order.

Wednesday the 23. Received on bord 4 cases mark't [trade symbol?] n°.7 a 10. 2 ditto mark't F. n° 12 bent our two bower cables.

Thursday the 24. Received on bord 3 casks of white biskets said to containe 975 lb. 10 jars of olives, two small casks of ditto & 3 potts of butter.

Friday January 25. 1726 Received on bord 12 bolts of canvass & 6 ditto of vittery, 100 lb of twine, a small case of wax candles & two graplings.

Saturday the 26. Received on board 4 cases mark't CD. n°. 6 a 9. bent our sailes.

Monday the 28. Received 4 small cases with candles, 4 small casks with butter, 1000 lb of iron, & 3 casks of flower.

Tuesday the 29. Received on bord, our small armes, & some of our carpenter's stores, & a case of the doctors.

Wednesday the 30. Received on bord, 6 barrels of raisons, one ditto of figgs, one ditto of syrup, one ditto suet, some plank, a large case mark't M.H.W. n°. 2. got up a case P. n°. 9. for the ship.

Thursday the 31. Received one cask of suet, one case markt P. n°. 1. One small box with specerie, one chest of lemons.

Friday February 1. Received on bord two casks, said to gt. beef, likewise received some live provision; dryed our sailes.

Sunday the 3. Musterd all our people & gave them notes for 3 months absence mony.

Monday the 4. Received on bord, 3 hhds of greens, three cases of the Company mark. [trade symbol?] n°. 3. 6. 7. a large basket n°. 2. 3. 1/2 hhds of lamp oyle & 6 baggs of charcole, four cases markt CW. n°. 1 a 4. Could not get our men abord.

Tuesday the 5. Received on bord 25 cask of treasure & 3 cases said to be ditto, 2 drumms, & our soldiers, gott all clear to saile but it proved little wind & vearable, could not.

Ship Esperance at an anchor in the road of Ostend bound to Bengale

Wednesday February 6. 1726 Got all our people abord & made clear to saile, received on bord a small case mark't MDC. but found there was not water enough, to goe out.

Thursday the 7. Thick close weather with a south-southwest wind, made the ship fast untill another opportunity.

Friday the 8. Thick cloudy weather, received on bord two cases mark't AD. 2.2.

Friday the 15. This morning the wind bring fair, the Commodore made the signal to saile, at 1/2 past 11. Cast of from the piles with a fine gale at south-southwest & got out, saluted the towne with 13 gunns, in company with the Peace Commodore & bound with us to Bengal, the Lyon Eagle & Tyger bound to China.

Saturday the 16. About 1. a clock came to an anchor in 10 fathoms with our best bower, the Stadthouse bore southeast 1/2 south distance about 2 leagues. Moderate gales with some rain in the night. The wind vearable from the south-southwest a northwest the same ships in company, all the gentlemen came on bord.

Sunday the 17. Moderate gales, with fair weather, the wind between the south & west. The morning the Commodore made a signal for all Captaines presently after hoisted in our longboat & got all clear for sailing.

Monday the 18. Moderate gales, fair weather, the wind between the southwest & northwest. This morning lifted our anchor, to see if it was clear, found it so, then lay & drove till 10, then came too in 7 fathoms. The Stadthouse south-southeast 1/2 east. Began expending our small beer & seer beef. Got downe topgallant yards.

Tuesday February 19. 1726 The first part hard gales with close weather, attended with some squalls. At 11. a clock at night struck yards and topmasts, & veared out one cable & halfe. The wind blowing hard, between the southwest & west by north. Towards the latter end more moderate, & the wind vearable, hove in our cable & lifted our anchor, found it clear & let it goe again.

Wednesday the 20. The first part moderate gales attended with some small rain, the wind between the west & north in the afternoon got up, yards & topmasts, the latter end hard gales with thick close weather, the wind between the south & west. In the forenoon struck our yards & topmasts, & veared one cable & 2/3 of another, the wind blowing very hard at south-southwest.

Thursday the 21. Strong gales, with close weather, the wind between the south & west. But about 9 a clock the wind veared to the westward & fearing it would come to the northwest let goe our small bower anchor. About 12. the wind blew hard at northwest veared out the best bower, we had a strong storm of wind, ride very hard, about 3 in the morning in a dipp broke our spritsaile yard in the slings & brought home our best bower anchor, so that we had both a head, cutt away the spritsaile yard & saile, set up our main rigging & made all snug for riding, shipt a great deal of water about 3 in the morning the Eagle drove by us, & then brought up again.

Ship Esperance in the harbour of Ostend bound to Bengale.

Friday February 22. 1726 Hard gales with clear weather & a large sea running our best bower anchor still draws home, so that we are now in a bad birth, with both our bowers a head & the wind at northwest in the afternoon the wind veared to the westward & proved somewhat moderate. Saw an English built long boat drive by us full of water, which we judge belongs to the Peace. The wind has been westerly & so to the northwest.

Saturday the 23. Hard stormes of wind attended with very hard squalls of hail. At 3 a clock in the afternoon the Captain asked my advice about riding in this road, seing that our anchors came home & the stroome sand but just asterne of us & being in soft ground to lett goe our sheet anchor it would not hold. It was my opinion that to save the ship & men's lives was best to slipp & putt for the harbour, if the pilote thought that there was water enough for us, accordingly toke the pilote's opinion & he said that there was water enough, & that if the ship would stear, we might get safe in accordingly got up our lower yards & about 4 slip't both our cables, set our sailes & at 5 got safe into the harbour & made fast the ship untill a further opportunity, the wind at northwest left the other 4 ships in the road.

Sunday February 24. 1726 Hard gales of wind between the northwest & the north in the afternoon the ships in the road fired severall gunns, but the pilotes thought that there was not water enough for them to come in, so that none of them would venture in the signals not being made, in the night the wind veared to the northeast with squalls of hail, putt ashore all our empty casks to have them fitted.

Monday the 25th. Moderate gales between the north & east in the morning Mr. Alex Hume went in a fishing boat off to the ship & made the signal to saile the wind at east-northeast. The Company's sloop went out with him.

Tuesday the 26. Moderate gales between the north & the east with some showers of hail, in the afternoon the fishing boat came in, who gave us account that the Peace had lost two anchors & cables, the Lyon one anchor, in the morning found that they were sailed, got out another anchor & hove up our sheet anchor.

Wednesday the 27. Moderate gales, wind easterly, in the afternoon hove our sheet anchor on bord, & putt it in it's place, found our cable rubbed, that was obliged to cutt off 3 or 4 fathoms, sent out two fishing boats with some of our people in them to loke for our anchors, set up our main rigging.

Ship Esperance sailing downe the Channel bound to Bengale.

Thursday February 28. 1726 Moderate gales with some rain, the wind veared to the southward & then to the southwest. In the evening came in our two fishing boats with our anchors & cables rubb'd very much, our small bower cable thought not proper to goe in the ship again, also the anchor stock broke, the best bower cable was rubbed very much, was obliged to cutt it & splice them to gather for a small bower & the 2 sheet cables for our best bowers, gott two 17. inches cables from the Company's storehouse for our sheet cables butt the worst that ever I saw; came in a fishing boat that left the ships at Dungeness all week.

Friday March 1. Hard gales with some rain the wind between the southwest & west. Got on bord a new small bower anchor & bent our cables, now have all our anchors & cables.

Sunday the 3. Moderate gales & fair weather, the wind between the west & north. This day returned the Company's sloop, who left the ships off of the Isle of Whight last fryday, with the wind at west-southwest. Butt the wind veared to the northwest. We are of opinion they are got downe Channel.

Monday the 4. Moderate gales with fair weather the wind between the northwest & northeast in the afternoon received out of the company's sloop, 4 chests markt P. n° 9 gt. 128 bottles - 13. 124 - 14. 128 - 14. 128 two pipes of bread, one hhd of brandy, with some other thinges, at 5 a clock in the morning fired a gunn the wind at northeast for our people to come abord about 10, begann to warpe the ship downe to the [Sills?], in order to saile out.

Tuesday March the 5th 1726.

------------------Hour: 1; Knots: made sail; Fathoms: ; Courses: ; Winds: ------------------Hour: 2; Knots: ..; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: ------------------Hour: 3; Knots: ..; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: ------------------Hour: 4; Knots: ..; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: ------------------Hour: 5; Knots: Ostend; Fathoms: ..; Courses: SE. 4 leagues; Winds: ------------------Hour: 6; Knots: 3; Fathoms: 3; Courses: W. by N.; Winds: NE. ------------------Hour: 7; Knots: 3; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: ------------------Hour: 8; Knots: 2; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds: ENE. ------------------Hour: 9; Knots: 1; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds: ------------------Hour: 10; Knots: 1; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds: ------------------Hour: 11; Knots: 1; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: ------------------Hour: 12; Knots: 2; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: ------------------Hour: 1; Knots: 2; Fathoms: ..; Courses: W.; Winds: ------------------Hour: 2; Knots: 1; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: ------------------Hour: 3; Knots: 1; Fathoms: ; Courses: W. by S.; Winds: E. by S. ------------------Hour: 4; Knots: 1; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: ------------------Hour: 5; Knots: calm; Fathoms: ; Courses: ; Winds: ------------------Hour: 6; Knots: 1; Fathoms: ..; Courses: NW.; Winds: WSW. ------------------Hour: 7; Knots: 1; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: [K:t?] ------------------Hour: 8; Knots: 2; Fathoms: ..; Courses: SSW.; Winds: W. [K:t?] ------------------Hour: 9; Knots: 1; Fathoms: ..; Courses: NNW.; Winds: ------------------Hour: 10; Knots: 1; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: [K:t?] ------------------Hour: 11; Knots: 1; Fathoms: ..; Courses: SW.; Winds: WNW. ------------------Hour: 12; Knots: 1; Fathoms: 4; Courses: South Foreland; Winds: W. 1/2 S. 7 leagues ------------------Distance 30 miles ------------------At one a clock set saile & came out of the harbour, then hoisted in our longboat the wind at east-northeast. Small breezes, cleared our decks, toke out of a fishing boat 16 chests of wine markt MDC. n°. 1. a 16. in the night small aires of wind & vearable, at noon the South Foreland bore west 1/2 south distance 7 leagues got clear over small bower in order to stop the tide of flood if calm.

Wednesday March the 6.

------------------Hour: 1; Knots: ..; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: ------------------Hour: 2; Knots: ..; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: ------------------Hour: 3; Knots: ..; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: ------------------Hour: 4; Knots: ..; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: ------------------Hour: 5; Knots: calm; Fathoms: ; Courses: ; Winds: ------------------Hour: 6; Knots: [Callice lifts?]; Fathoms: ..; Courses: SSW.; Winds: Distance 5 leagues ------------------Hour: 7; Knots: 1; Fathoms: ..; Courses: NW.; Winds: WSW. ------------------Hour: 8; Knots: 2; Fathoms: 4; Courses: North Foreland; Winds: W. by N. 3 leagues [K:t?] ------------------Hour: 9; Knots: 3; Fathoms: ..; Courses: S. by E.; Winds: SW. by W. ditto ------------------Hour: 10; Knots: 3; Fathoms: ..; Courses: S. by W.; Winds: W. by SE. ditto ------------------Hour: 11; Knots: 3; Fathoms: ..; Courses: N.; Winds: WNW. ditto ------------------Hour: 12; Knots: 3; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: ------------------Hour: 1; Knots: 4; Fathoms: ..; Courses: WSW.; Winds: NNE. ------------------Hour: 2; Knots: 5; Fathoms: ..; Courses: SW.; Winds: ------------------Hour: 3; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 2; Courses: W.; Winds: ------------------Hour: 4; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: ------------------Hour: 5; Knots: 5; Fathoms: 3; Courses: W. by S.; Winds: [O: BTS.?] ------------------Hour: 6; Knots: 6; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: snow ------------------Hour: 7; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds: E. ------------------Hour: 8; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: WSW. Ditto both topsails; Winds: ESE. ------------------Hour: 9; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: ------------------Hour: 10; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: [O:2 BTS?] ------------------Hour: 11; Knots: 8; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: [O:1 RTS?] ------------------Hour: 12; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 4; Courses: Beachy Head; Winds: NE. 6 leagues ------------------Distance 93 miles ------------------The first part small breezes of wind & vearable, the lattter part fresh gales vearable attended with snow. At one a clock in the morning the South Foreland lights bore west 6. south 4 leagues. At 8 brought too & sent away the fishing boat that accompanied us thro the banks, then Beachy Head bore northwest 1/2 west distance 3 leagues at noon ditto bore northeast distance 6 leagues. Saw severall ships in the Channel.

Ship Esperance from Ostend towards St. Iago bound to Bengale.

Thursday March 7. 1726

-----------------Hour: 1; Knots: 8; Fathoms: 3; Courses: W.; Winds: E. -----------------Hour: 2; Knots: 8; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 3; Knots: 8; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds: ENE. -----------------Hour: 4; Knots: 8; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 5; Knots: 9; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 6; Knots: 9; Fathoms: 3; Courses: St. Katherine Point N. 7 leagues; Winds: -----------------Hour: 7; Knots: 10; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 8; Knots: 9; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: Reefed main-topsail -----------------Hour: 9; Knots: 9; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 10; Knots: 8; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 11; Knots: 8; Fathoms: 2; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 12; Knots: 8; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 1; Knots: 8; Fathoms: 4; Courses: W.; Winds: -----------------Hour: 2; Knots: 8; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 3; Knots: 8; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 4; Knots: 8; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 5; Knots: 8; Fathoms: ; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 6; Knots: 8; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: Out reefed main-topsail -----------------Hour: 7; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 8; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: [start?] NE. by N. 7 leagues; Winds: -----------------Hour: 9; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 10; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: [Out first reefed foresail?] -----------------Hour: 11; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: NE. -----------------Hour: 12; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 3; Courses: Deadman; Winds: N. 1/2 E. 7 leagues -----------------Distance 198 miles ------------------

Fresh gales with fair weather and smooth water. At 6. in the evening St. Katherine Point bore N. 7 leagues in the forenoon unbent our cables & stowed our anchors also quartered our men. At noon the Deadman bore N. 1/2 E. distance 7 leagues.

Saw severall ships, some bound up, some downe.

Friday the 8.

Latitude φ account N. 49°. 11'. Meridian distance W. 151 miles Longitude W. 3°. 46' Variation allowed 1 point

-----------------Hour: 1; Knots: 5; Fathoms: 4; Courses: W. by N.; Winds: ENE. -----------------Hour: 2; Knots: 5; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 3; Knots: 4; Fathoms: 5; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 4; Knots: 5; Fathoms: ..; Courses: Lizarde Point; Winds: NE. 9 leagues -----------------Hour: 5; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 4; Courses: W.; Winds: -----------------Hour: 6; Knots: 8; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 7; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 5; Courses: ; Winds: NE. -----------------Hour: 8; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 9; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds: E. -----------------Hour: 10; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 11; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 12; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 1; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 3; Courses: W.; Winds: -----------------Hour: 2; Knots: 6; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 3; Knots: 5; Fathoms: 2; Courses: Saw a sail bearing W.; Winds: -----------------Hour: 4; Knots: 5; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 5; Knots: 5; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 6; Knots: 5; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 7; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 3; Courses: W. by S. Saw a sail W. by N.; Winds: -----------------Hour: 8; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 9; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 2; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 10; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 11; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 12; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: Saw a sail south; Winds: -----------------Distance 152 miles

Fresh gales, fair weather & a small swell from the eastward, att 4. in the afternoon the Lizard Point bore northeast distance 9 leagues from whence I shall take my departure, allowing it to lye in the lattitude of 50°. 7. N.

Course is S. 69° W. 160.' southing 58. westing 151. Difference of longitude 226.

Saturday March the 9. 1726

Latitude φ Observ't N. 47.° 22.' Ditto φ account N. 47. 51. Meridian distance W. 301 miles Longitude W. 7°. 30' Variation allow'd 1 point

-----------------Hour: 1; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 4; Courses: W. by S.; Winds: E. -----------------Hour: 2; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 3; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 4; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 5; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 2; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 6; Knots: 6; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 7; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 8; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 5; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 9; Knots: 8; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 10; Knots: 8; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 11; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 5; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 12; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 2; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 1; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: W.; Winds: -----------------Hour: 2; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 3; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 4; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 5; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 5; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 6; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: NE. by E. -----------------Hour: 7; Knots: 8; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 8; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 2; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 9; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 10; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 11; Knots: 8; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 12; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 5; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Distance 170 miles ------------------

Fresh gales with fair weather and a large swell after us. At noon I had a good observation find myself 29' to the southward of account which error I impute to the steerige Course is S. 62' W. 170'. southing 80'. westing 150. Difference of longitude 224.

Sunday March 10.

Latitude φ account 46.° 14.' N. Longitude W. 11°. 2. Meridian distance W. 447 miles Variation allow'd 1 point

-----------------Hour: 1; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 4; Courses: W. by S.; Winds: ENE. -----------------Hour: 2; Knots: 7; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 3; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 4; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 2; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 5; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 6; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 5; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 7; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 8; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds -----------------Hour: 9; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 5; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 10; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 11; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 12; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 1; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 2; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 5; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 3; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 4; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 5; Knots: 6; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 6; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 7; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 8; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 4; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 9; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 10; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 11; Knots: 6; Fathoms: 3; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Hour: 12; Knots: 7; Fathoms: ..; Courses: ; Winds: -----------------Distance 162 miles ------------------

Fresh gales, fair weather and a large swell following us, towards the latter end cloudy.

Course is S. 65° W. 162. southing 68. westing 146. Difference of longitude 212.