1 pm: Moderate breeze and cloudy weather

 2 pm: Served Slops to the Ships Company

 4 pm: Dark clouds passing over – with thunder from the NNE

 6 pm: Cloudy weather – worked the Pumps as usual & let water into the Ship – at 6 thick rainy weather

12 mid: Fresh Breezes and cloudy weather

 2 am: Lightning from the Eastward

 5 am: At 5..45 A Strange Sail from the Mast head bearing NWbN – at 7 made the Signal and spoke the Assistant fired a Gun & brought to a schooner under American Colors – sent the Assistant to speak her –

 7 am: At 7..30 The Assistant bore down to us with the schooner and made the Signal to come within hail – hove to – at 8 Lieutenant Portlock came on board – The Schooner proved to be in the smuggling trade & without papers – Cleaned below – Exercised great Guns & Small Arms – at 10 Saw Land bearing from WbN½N to NbW½W – At Noon the westermost extremes of Land in sight, being near Cape Corientes, bore WbN½N Eastermost Extremes NbE½E off shore about 3 Leagues – The Vessels as yesterday, and the Prize Schooner in Company – Moderate breeze and cloudy weather with much haze