Rem^s Sund^y 24 May 1789 1 [pm] Fresh Gale & much Sea from the South 3 [pm] Mother Careys Chicken 5 [pm] Under Close Reef M.T. & F. S^l. 6 [pm] Cloudy Cold Even^g. Not so much Sea & steer across it very well Saw two Noddies & a Booby Bread & Water for Supper 12 [mid] Fine Night but very cold 8 [am] Fine W^r. Men of War & Tropic Birds – Some Fish. – Bread &c for Breakfast. — 12 [noon] Fine W^r. Empl^d. drying Cloaths for the 1^st. time found any warmth from the Sun Bread & oz Pork for Dinr Lat^d. 13°:33′ S^o

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