Moored in Table Bay Cape of Good Hope

November 1791

Thursday 24  Fresh breezes & Hazey Weather PM Employed reeving running Rigging & making Bags to contain Flour AM Ditto Weather Employed about the Topsail & in the Fore Hold Sailed hence the Loyalist At Noon Moderate & fine Weather Received 20 pounds of Fresh Mutton & 15 pounds of Bread

Friday 25  Moderate & open Cloudy Weather PM Employed reeving Running Rigging & about the Topsail Received the Foresail from the Tent AM Calm & Clear Weather Swayed up lower yards & Top Gallant masts Sailmaker Employed about the Topsail Seamen working up Junk Received Water per Cutter At Noon Light Airs Inclinable to Calm Received 20 pounds of Mutton & 15 pounds of Bread

Saturday 26  First part Moderate & Cloudy Weather PM Received 2 Hogsheads 4 Halfhogsheads of Flour & stowed it away in the Fore Hold Middle part Light Airs Inclinable to Calm AM Cleaned between Decks ... Employed working up Junk At Noon Moderate & Clear with Rain at Intervals Received 22 pounds of Mutton & 12 pounds of Bread

Sunday 27  Moderate & Cloudy PM Employed working up Junk at 5 Arrived the Pitt East Indiaman from Rio Janerio bound to the Settlement at New Holland with Troops & Convicts Middle part Fresh breezes & Cloudy Latter Light Airs Inclinable to Calm Arrived the Duke of Clarence South Whaler of London Received 20 pounds of Mutton & 15 pounds of Bread

Monday 28  first part Variable Weather PM Sailed hence 2 French Slave Ships & a Merchantman Middle part Strong breezes & Cloudy Sent a Square Mainsail & Fore Topsail to the Tent to be altered Received Water per Cutter Employed working up Junk & about the Rigging At Noon Moderate & Cloudy Weather Received 20 pounds of Fresh Mutton & 15 pounds of Soft Bread

Tuesday 29  Moderate & Cloudy Weather PM Employed as before AM Ditto Weather with driving Rain People Employed as before Anchored here a French Indiaman Received 2 Puncheons 7 Hogsheads & 1 Halfhogshead of Brandy & 1 Hogshead of Arrack 20 pounds of Mutton & 26 pounds of Bread