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Revised Sep 16 2021

Flinders's Providence Logbook Oct 19, 1792

Remarks Friday October 19 1792 H.M.S. Providence

 1 pm: Fresh Breezes and fair Weather

 2 pm: People employed working up Junk

 4 pm: Ditto Weather with heavy swell from the SW

 5 pm: Strong Breezes & Cloudy Weather Before Dark In Top Gallant sails studding sails and 1st reefs

 8 pm: An increasing Breeze took in the Driver

 4 am: Ditto Weather

 5 am: At Day break – Made all Sail possible Saw Tropic, Men of War Birds and Sheerwaters – Porpoises and flying Fish

 8 am: Cloudy Weather

 9 am: Unbent the second best and bent the old Topsails

10 am: Carpenters and Sailmakers employed about the Greenhouse – People making a netting for it

12 noon: At Noon Fresh Breezes and fair Weather with haze
Assistant in Company


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