1 pm: Moderate Breezes & fine Weather – Sailmakers repairing the Jib and Carpenters making the Top Gallant Mast. – At 3½ the Assistant made the Signal for seeing Land in the WbN – Saw Barbadoes from the Topmast Head – low land – Bent the Cables – Made the Assistants Signal to come within Hail – At 6½ Hove too, hoisted out the Whale boat and sent her on board the Assistant for Lieutenant Portlock

 7 pm: At 7 He returned and a young Midshipman was sent with him by way of Punishment for some little Breaches in his Conduct. – Got the old Main Top Gallant Mast down and got up the new one, slung the Top Gallant yard and set the sail again.

 9 pm: Fine Moon light Night the Land distinctly seen and at 11 OClock was 7 or 8 Miles distant.

12 mid: Ditto Weather Carrying all possible Sail.

 4 am: At Day break saw high Land in the WNW from the Mast head and the Island Barbadoes NE to ENE 11 or 12 Leagues – the high Land is St Vincents and consists of three Hills nearly resembling each other and a sloping Table Mountain on the North side.

 8 am: At 8 a fine moderate Breeze and agreable Weather – Saw many flying fish and Birds and some Dolphins. – Washed and cleaned below thoroly – and fires in the Cockpit Stoves

10 am: At 10 Saw a sail ahead – Saw the Island St Lucie in the NWbN 10 or 12 Leagues and at 10½ the little Island Becauya [Bequia] and some of the Northermost of the Granadines about West of us and distant 6 or 8 Leagues – At 11 Spoke the strange sail – she proved to be the Fanny of Grenada bound to Surinam with Slaves she was a pretty Sloop and the Master obligingly kept up with us to give all the Information in his Power of the Situation oFore European Affairs which were interesting to us – we learnt that a civil War raged in France and that its Influence extended in a great Degree to their settlements in this Part of the World which were in the greatest Confusion and he was not certain whether the English had or would not take some Part in it – this will be the second Act of Charles 1st of arbitrary Memory

12 noon: At Noon Moderate Breezes & fine Weather St Vincent 6 or 7 Leagues distant – St Lucie 9 or 10 Leagues the Granadines 6 or 7 Leagues