

Sep 24, 1792 Home Tobin's Log Sep 26, 1792
Revised 2010-11-15
1 pm: Moderate breezes and fair weather – saw Bonettas and Gannet Boobies – Tropic birds flying fish &c
3 pm: Passed patches of brown Scum
4 pm: Cloudy – in Lower Steering Sails
5 pm: Fresh breezes – worked the Pumps
7 pm: Shortened Sail in 2d Reefs – Spoke the Assistant
10 pm: Caught a Brown Boobie – moderate & fair
12 mid: Dew falling – Clear weather
1 am: Assistant leading ahead with a light
5 am: Made all Sail
6 am: Served thick portable Soup Gruel for Breakfast
8 am: Hazy – cleaned below – People employed shifting and worming the Cable where rubbed
10 am: Served Krout and Vinegar – Saw a Curlew Porpoises and flying fish
12 noon: Fresh breezes and fair weather with haze Assistant leading
Latitude Observed 8°..53′..16″ South
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