May 5, 1792 Home Providence Log May 7, 1792
Revised Aug 26 2021
Land and Sea Breezes with Calms. The Thermometer from 81 to 83½ Degrees. Sufficient Supplies.
Mustered the Ships Company after Washing & Cleaning Ship. A more healthy set of Men were never seen. The Sick list contains three Venereals and one Man with a Fever which he caught by coming on Deck in the Night without his Cloaths. Very severe Cramp has seized his limbs. Performed Divine Service.
Oreepyah to day brought back the things that had been taken away from Mr. Tobin and Mr. Franklin. His attention and dilligence on the occasion deserved praise, and I promised him not to forget it.
I saw a Dwarf about Eight years old. The Boys head was very large, the body tolerably proportioned, but the thighs, and Legs particularly were very short. His Height was 31 Inches, and all the People agreed that he would never be any taller. His name was Tommah, but he was commonly called Hai,ah, (or Dwarf.) He was without four of the upper fore teeth all the rest were perfect.
Since my account on the 30th we have Completed (as per daily account) with Breadfruit Plants 26 Boxes and 13 Tubs each having 3 and most of them 4 Plants. The number of Breadfruit Plants that we have shifted amount to 154.
| Total of Breadfruit | Other Fruits &c | ||||
| Pots | 1090 | Pots of Vees | 25 | ||
| Tubs | 17 | + 7 $link$ See 26th May | Do of Rattahs | 25 | |
| Boxes | 26 | Do of Ayyahs | 25 | + $link$ See 26th May | |
| Do of Oraiahs | 12 | ||||
| Do of Pee,ahs | 9 | ||||
| Do of Ettow | 6 | ||||
| Do of Mattee | 6 | ||||
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