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Sat 14 Nov

First entry in log

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Sat 13 Feb

Fresh gales as before with heavy rain and snow. Rec'd on board 30 baggs of bread with several things for the boatswain being ship's stores. Employ'd delivering 33 casks of poweder, 33 casks of flower (sic) and 23 coils of cordage on account of ye Hon Comp and some Private Trade of Captain & officers.

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Wed 17 Feb

Strong gales at SSW and cloudy weather. Rec'd on board 25 tons of flints on acct of ye Captain.

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Sat 20 Feb

Fresh gales. Deliver'd on acct Hon Co 1 chest of small arms and a bag of shot. Rec'd of Hon Co 5 chests of silver coin. Stow'd them in ye bread room.

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Sun 21 Feb

People employed levelling the flints in ye main hold.

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Fri 26 Feb

Came on board Capt Durant ship's husband to pay ye river pay. Rec'd for Capt Stewart 1 chest of silver coin.

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Sun 28 Feb

Wore away and unmoored at 7 weighed and made sail from ye Hope. At 12 came too. Wore away to 1/2 a cable and hoisted in the longboats and pinnace.

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Tues 2 March

Fresh gale at ENE with hard squalls and rain. Came down Harcourt Capt Morrison.

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Thurs 4 March

Moderate weather. AM up lower yards and top gall't masts. 1 pm weighed with wind at NNW. 3 pm past Spaynard Buoy. Came too in Waistcoat Bay. Wore away a whole cable. The town of Margarette.

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Fri 5 March

Came to in the Downs. Deal Castle bearing NNW. Found riding there the Prince Commodore Moor with Elizabeth Capt Stewart. [See Public Advertiser 11 March & 15 March 1762]

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Mon 15 March

At 9 am the Commodore made signals to weigh and at 1/4 past weighed in company with ye Fleet. At 10 hove too for ye Harcourt and Winchelsea. Land in sight Dover Castle NNW.

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Sun 21 March

Arrogant made signal for the convoy to ye Westward. Clear'd ship and got everything ready for ye veag (voyage?). Rec'd on board 14 sacks of coin.

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Thur 25 March

Portsmouth

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Fri 26 March

Commodore made signal to weigh. Made sail in comp'y with His Majesty's ships the Arrogant and Royal William. Also the Drake Capt Smith; Elizabeth, Capt Stewart; Hardwick Capt Sampson; Harcourt Capt Morrison; Winchelsea Capt Howe and Hector Capt Williams East Indiamen. 6 pm made sail Dunnose bearing West (?) of the ships at Spithead. Distance of shore 5 or 6 miles. 8 am Bill of Portland. At noon Berry Head. Start Point 5 leagues off shore. (88 miles sailed)

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Sat 27 March

At noon Lizard bow NNW. Distance 8 or 9 leagues. In company with the fleet.

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Sun 28 March

At 1/2 past 2 pm the Dodman Point. In company as before. (69 miles)

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Mon 29 March

Spoke with Surprize Capt Junor (?) from Merseyside taken by Adm Pocock under convoy of His Majesty's ship the Vanguard. (60 miles)

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Tues 30 March

Hard gales

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Wed 31 March

Saw the Lizard 5 leagues. Dodman Point.

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Thurs 1 April

49º11 N

In Company with the Fleet. Fresh gales, rain, hard squalls. 64 mls.

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Sat 3 April

48º38

97 mls. Strong gales, confused sea.

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04-Apr

48º7

In Company with the Fleet. Cloudy, hard squalls. 75 mls

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10-Apr

42º28

In Company with the Fleet. Pleasant gales, light airs.

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Mon 12 April

39º53

(Parts from Commodore & Royal William). At 10 am I opened the pacquet from the Secret (?) Committee to be opened on leaving the convoy. In presence of my first and second officers. At noon Capt Sansome made signal for parting company with the Winchelsea and Hector bound for Madeira. (151 miles)

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Wed 14 April

36º N

(10 am sees a ship which he assumes to be Elizabeth.) As soon as she was near enough to me made the Company signal which she did not answer. Clear'd ship immediately and called all hands to muster and fired a stern chacer (!) at her upon which she bore away. At daylight found it to be a snow under Dutch colours. 89 miles.

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Sat 17 April

32º45

Stay'd the masts and set the rigging fore and aft. Got 4 of lower deck and 6 quarter decks (guns) forward to trim the ship. Find she goes better. Light breezes. 15 mls

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Tues 20 April

29º53

Kept a hand on the foreyard all night to look out for Salvagies (?) Rocks. 15 mls. In company

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Wed 21 April

28º14

Kept a good look out all night for Canary Islands. Pleasant gales. 126 miles.(Plain sailing in company)

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Mon 26 April

16º23

Moved empty butts forward, filled with salt water to get ship by the head, she going worse than she did. 104 miles

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Fri 30 April

18º40

Pleasant trade. 110 miles.

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Tues 4 May

4º9 N

Light breezes. In company. 45 miles

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Fri 7 May

2º29N

Hazy weather. Light breezes. 37 miles. In company.

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Tues 11 May

0º3 S

Fair weather. People picking oakum. 60 miles. (Crossed equator)

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Thurs 13 May

2º13 S

Sailmaker at work on second best fore topsail. Increasing gale. 75 miles.

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Fri 14 May

3º54 S

Filled 10 butts with salt water to keep the ship by the Head. In company. 111 miles.

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Mon 17 May

8º9 S

(Loses contact with Hardwick, Harcourt & Elizabeth. Only with Drake.) Put on all sail to try to catch up. 75 miles.

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Sat 22 May

18º36 S

In company. 111 miles. Pleasant gale. Fair weather.

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Thurs 27 May

24º53 S

Hard squalls. In company. 99 miles.

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Sun 30 May

26º36 S

AM Found the Hounds (?) of the main topmast gone and cross trees slipp'd down struck him immediately and the carpenter fitted new one. At noon fidded (sic) him again. Shifted the topsail with the second best. In company with Drake. 55 miles.

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Fri 4 June

27º20 S

In company. Fair weather & smooth water. 57 miles.

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Tues 8 June

34º S

Strong gales. In company. 157 miles.

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Thurs 10 June

34º52

Increasing gales. The Drake carried away her main yard and (we) shortened sail for her. A large following sea. 218 miles!

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Fri 11 June

At 1/2 past 6 am saw a strange sail, distance 3 leagues, standing after us. Clear'd ship and got everything ready for engaging. At 7 she made the Company's signal at which we answered after which she hoisted English colours, as we did also. Being obliged to go under an easy sail for the Drake and the stranger crowding all the sail she could carry, came fast up with us. At noon, not above 4 miles a stern, we take her to be the Grosvenor, Capt Partington. 183 miles.

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Sat 12 June

34º23

At 3 pm spoke the stranger ship which is the Grosvenor east Indiaman from Madeira to Madras and China. 130 miles.

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Wed 16 June

35º27 S

In company with Drake. 212 miles.

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Sat 19 June

36º

A great deal of lightning. 151 miles.

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Sun 20 June

36º28 S

I judge Cape Laguellas to bear above NE 14 leagues. 176 miles.

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Thurs 24 June

36º27

PM shifted the fore topsail with the old one to repair the band of the 3rd reef, finding the band to be mould from the dampness of the bread room, had a charcoal fire made in it. Caulking the quarter deck of poop. 106 miles.

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Mon 28 June

37º28

Hard gales, violent squalls. Look out all night for the Bank that has been seen. 174 miles.

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Thurs 1 July

37º16

Violent squalls with hail. Confused sea makes ship labour very much. 197 miles.

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Mon 5 July

We have seen by the log the last 30 days 4,500 miles.

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Tues 6 July

37º12

Fresh gale. 193 miles.

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Sat 10 July

36º22

Great deal of lightning. Split main top sail. Bent another. 178 miles.

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Wed 14 July

33º3

Hazey weather. 118 miles.

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Sun 18 July

30º17

Light airs & calms. 48 miles.

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Tues 20 July

27º15 S

Abundance of birds about the ship. Almatross's (sic) Pantardores and Shearwaters. 176 miles.

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Wed 21 July

24º58

Birds have left us. 155 mls.

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Fri 23 July

19º30

In the night kept a strict lookout for Cloats (?) Island. At daylight saw a sail ahead with her foremast gone standing as we do. At noon came up with her, made comp'y signal which she answered. Soon after spoke her and found her to be Harcourt who that morning had sprung her foretopmast. Agreed to keep him company. 200 miles.

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Mon 26 July

28º17

In company with Harcourt. 185 miles.

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Wed 28 July

28º86

Saw the island of Java. 76 miles.

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Sun 1 Aug

(Identified) Prince's Island & island of Crocatoa NE 7 or 8 leagues.

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Mon 2 Aug

Island of Serigni (Thwart the Way or Zutphen Isles.) [p410]

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Tues 3 Aug

(Sends longboat a shore for water. Stays until Fri 6 Aug taking on water and fresh beef and scraping ship's sides.) Pay'd them with turpentine.

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Fri 6 Aug

Anchored near the Plassey country ship Capt Hague from Batavia bound for Bencoolen. Rec'd on board 2 leagues of Arrack for the ship's company.

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Mon 9 Aug

anchored.

At sunrise St Nicholas Point , North Island. (Sumatra coast near Logock Pt. N of Zutphen Isles.) Found here the Elizabeth Capt Stewart. AM sent the carpenter and his crew on shore on the Nº arm of the Sisters to cut wood. At 4 pm the pinnace and yawl made each a trip with wood. At 5 sent them for the second but when the pinnace got close in shore, the crew consisting of seven men hove the officer overboard and made their escape with the boat, the officer was afterwards through accident taken up by another boat. Immediately upon intelligence arm'd the yawl and sent Second Mate (Biddlecombe) with 8 more officers in pursuit of the deserters. [Mutiny]

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Tues 10 Aug

anchored

At 1 pm the 2nd Mate returned with the yawl but neither saw nor could get the least intelligence of the pinnace or deserters.

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Fri 13 Aug

St Nicholas Point and the extream of the Sumatran shore. In company with Elizabeth & Harcourt. 22 miles.

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Sun 15 Aug

At sunset the Two Brothers. 26 miles. [p413]

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Mon 16 Aug

Past a chinese junk. Caulker finished caulking Gun Room. 77 miles.

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Tues 17 Aug

Island of Lucepara. Sees ship with Dutch colours. Takes many soundings. Mount Parmasan.(Parmissang on Isle of Banca) [p414,419]

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Thurs 19 Aug

10 miles off Sumatra.

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Fri 20 Aug

6 pm Monopin Hill. (West end of Isle of Banca) Opening of Pulumbam (Palambam) river. Distance from Sumatra shore 5 miles. For mutinous and ?? to myself on the quarterdeck, gave William Long seaman 1 dozen lashes at the gangway and put him in irons. [Mutiny]

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Sat 21 Aug

Released William Long, he acknowledging himself guilty of a very great crime and promising to behave with sobriety in future. 63 miles.

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Sun 22 Aug

0º21 N

Take my departure from Poule (Pulo) Taya. In company. 86 miles.

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Tues 24 Aug

3º53 N

Saw Pullo Auro. Pullo Timoan (Pulo Tioman or Timon). In company. 94 miles.

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Fri 27 Aug

8º36 N

Saw Island of Pullo Condore. In company. Pleasant gales. 123 miles.

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Sat 28 Aug

10º8 N

Saw Pullo Sapata (Sappita) 145 miles.

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Thurs 2 Sept

18º9 N

At sunset the clouds all round us were so tinged with red that the whole element appeared as fires. 39 miles.

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Wed 8 Sept

21º27

1.30 pm the Great Ladroon. At noon the island Colong. At 1/2 past 10 came on board and took charge of the ship Oupeang Pilot. 39 miles.

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Fri 10 Sept

High peaks of Linton and island of Beyou.

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Sat 11 Sept

Passed through the Bocar Tygris (the Bogue). Came too below the 2nd barr. In 5 fathom of water. At 5 am hoisted out the longboat. At 1/2 past 11 Alex Hurria (?) Esq supercargoe set out for Canton. Saluted him with 9 guns.

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Sun 12 sept

Whampoa

Crossed 1st barr. Anchored 2 miles below Danes Island. Riding here 2 Danish ships and the True Britton Capt Beaton. Saluted him with 9 guns.

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Thurs 16 Sept

Whampoa

John Murray seaman departed this life. Sent on shore the body of the deceased to be interred.

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Fri 17 Sept

Whampoa

Delivered 5 chests of treasure belonging to ye Company and some Private Trade.

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October

Whampoa

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Tues 12 Oct

Whampoa

Rec'd on board 12 whole and 78 half chests of China ware and some belonging to Capt Marter and his officers. 200 chests of Bohea tea.

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Mon 18 Oct

Whampoa

150 whole & 80 half chests of Bohea tea.

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Thurs 21 Oct

Whampoa

200 chests tea

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Sat 23 Oct

Whampoa

200 chests tea

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Mon 25 Oct

Whampoa

200 chests tea.

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November

Whampoa

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16-Nov

Advice came by Essex Capt Jackson who is arrived at Macao that Manilla was taken by Admiral Cornish and Col Draper upon which fired 9 guns. [Philippines]

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13-Dec

200 small Congo, 400 small Singlo, 25 nankeen cloath, 2 boxes china ware

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15-Dec

823 small chests of Singlo

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17-Dec

724 large & small chests of tea.

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27-Dec

Whampoa

2nd barr.

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Tues 11 Jan

20º18

Sets sail in company with True Britton. 97 miles.

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Wed 12 Jan

18º N

159 miles. Strong gales.

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Fri 14 Jan

13º50 N

Strong gales. 157 miles.

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Sun 16 Jan

9º25 N

Looks for Pullo Sapatta "but saw nothing of it."

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Tues 18 Jan

5º28 N

Pleasant gale. 170 miles.

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Thurs 20 Jan

Saw Pullo Timoan. At 8 am True Britton made signal to anchor. At 6 True Britton made signal for all commanders. I went on board when agreed to weigh and make sail for the next Randezvous(sic). Steerd for Pullo Auro, the swell being great.

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Fri 21 Jan

Pullo Auro

At 3 pm passed by Pullo Pisang. At 5 pm anchored at Pullo Auro (Aro). Sent longboat for water.

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Mon 24 Jan

Pullo Auro

Opened my orders from the Secret Committee. To be opened if I did not join HM ships at Pullo Timoan or Auro. [Packet]

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24-Jan

Pullo Auro

Departs Pullo Auro.

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Wed 26 Jan

In Company with True Britton, Royal Charlotte, Royal Captain & Harcourt. 106 miles.

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Thurs 27 Jan

Monopin Hill. Patacarrang Point. 126 miles.

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Fri 28 Jan

4pm Monopin Hill. At 8 the largest of Nanka Islands. Sumatra 8 miles.

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Sat 29 Jan

Lucepara Point on Sumatran shore. 2 Brothers seen. 89 miles.

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Sun 30 Jan

Passed 2 Brothers at 2 pm. (E. of Sumatra and Shabander Shoals) 3 miles from the Sisters. Got out the longboat and sent her for wood and water. Found riding there a Dutch ship and a small sloop.

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Mon 31 Jan

At North Island.

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Tues 1 Feb

At North Island.

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Wed 2 Feb

The first point of Java. Extreams of Prince's Island. 51 miles.

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Thurs 3 Feb

6º46 S

I take my departure from Java Head. (Sails steadily in company). 52 miles.

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Fri 4 Feb

8º15

58 miles

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Thurs 10 Feb

11º35 S

Light breezes. 37 miles. In Company.

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Mon 14 Feb

14º20

Faint trade. Large swell. 101 miles.

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Sat 19 Feb

18º56

Drizling (sic) rain. In company. 185 miles.

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Wed 23 Feb

21º 26 S

Pleasant gale. In company. 190 miles.

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Sun 27 Feb

23º44 S

Departed this life Jean Baptiste Begarrie belonging to the French East India Company, prisoner of war, of an inflammation in his head. 116 miles.

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Tues 1 March

24º44

Departed this life John Crowe Purser. I find myself 36 months this logg to the 1st of acct. 100 miles.

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Mon 7 March

27º24 S

80 miles. Fair weather. Lightning.

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Fri 11 Mar

29º59 S

52 miles. Light breezes.

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Tues 15 March

31º57

47 miles. Light breezes.

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Sat 19 March

33º56 S

55 miles. In company. Light breezes. Thunder & lightning.

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Wed 23 March

35º58

In company. Fair weather. Large sea. 56 miles.

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Sun 27 March

35º25

By an indifferent observation make our latitude to be 35º 25' S. (Sailed 144 miles today)

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Thurs 31 March

36º43

Calms. In company.

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Fri 1 April

36º20

Increasing gale. 134 miles

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Mon 4 April

31º20

198 miles. Strong gale.

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Fri 8 April

21º42

151 miles. Pleasant breezes. In company.

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Tues 12 April

16º18 S

149 miles. Fair weather. In company.

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Thurs 14 April

16º10

(Catch up with a strange sail. Commodore investigates. Turns out to be Hon Co sloop.) 1/2 past 5 sight of St Helena. 105 miles.

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Fri 15 April

St Helena

Round Sugar Loaf Point where we took up a boat that informed us that a Treaty of Peace was agreed betwixt Great Britain, France & Spain.

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Sat 16 April

St Helena

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29-Apr

St Helena

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Sun 1 May

St Helena

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Tues 3 May

16º00 S

A pleasant trade. At 3 pm the supercargoes came on board. Saluted them with 9 guns.Depart St Helena in company with True Britton, Royal Charlotte and Harcourt. Unbent the cables and stowed the anchors.

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Thur 5 May

13º54 S

Light breezes 50 mls

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Fri 6

13º10 S

In Company. 77 mls.

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Sat 7 May

11º52 S

In company. 135 mls

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Sun 8 May

109 mls

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Tues 10 May

9º53 S

In company. Cloudy & fresh trade. AM carried away main top gallant mast. Got up another one. 127 miles.

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Wed 11 May

5º91 S

Fresh gale. In company. 172 miles.

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Thurs 12 May

2º52 S

Cloudy with light squalls. 171 mls.

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Sun 15 May

1º35 N

In company. Pleasant breezes. 101 miles.

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Tues 17 May

2º55 N

Hazey weather. Inclinable to calms. In company. 32 miles.

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Thurs 19 May

3º54 N

Light breezes. In company. 33 miles.

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Thurs 26 May

8º56 N

Fair weather. Constant breeze. 79 miles.

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Mon 30 May

13º4 N

Faint unsettled trade wind. Caulker caulking the water way on the gun deck. 89 mls.

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Fri 3 June

20º11 N

Hazey weather. Fresh gales and squally. Pass'd by some gulph Weed. 133 miles.

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Sat 4 June

22º9 N

Shiftedthe Fore top sails with the 2 best. 136 miles.

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Tues 7 June

24º18 N

Light airs and large swell. 34 miles.

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Thurs 9 June

25º41

Pass'd a sail standing to the NW. 16 miles.

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Fri 10 June

26º9 N

Continue to see a great deal of weed. 45 miles.

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Mon 13 June

28º16 N

Calms. 16 miles.

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Thurs 16 June

30º40 N

Continue to see a great deal of sea weed. 50 miles.

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Tues 21 June

30º23

Departed this life John Dunn seaman. 53 miles

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Sat 25 June

30º25

Fine weather. 92 miles.

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Mon 27 June

30º41

AM saw a scooner (sic) in the NW under English colours, bore down and spoke her, found her in great distress for water. She had been out from Cadiz 6 weeks and was bound for Boston. Gave her 90 gallons. 33 miles.

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Thurs 30 June

40º25

At 4 pm departed this life James Snipes seaman of an accidental blow rec'd from James McIntosh Quarter Master in boxing with him. Confined James McIntosh in irons for the above offence in order to bring him home to receive his trial for the same. 85 miles. Little wind. Drizling rain.

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Mon 4 July

42º50

Pleasant gale. 178 miles.

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Fri 8 July

47º20

Strong gale. Passed strange ship. 214 miles.

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Mon 11 July

49º10

By the sounding myself 200 miles from the Lizard. 152 miles.

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12-Jul

50º10

8 pm saw Start Point. 163 miles.

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13-Jul

Fresh gales with squalls of rain. At 6 am Portland Bill. 10 am Beachy Head.156 miles.

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Fri 15 Jul

Downs

6 pm Dungeness Light House. 8 pm "abrest of Folkstone". "Made signal for a pilot".

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Tues 19 Jul

Gravesend.

Came too in Gravesend.

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Wed 20

Long Reach

Came too in Long Reach. Came on board HC Surveyors, Messrs Hodges and Smyther.

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Thurs 21 Jul

Came alongside a lighter and delivered to her all our guns, powder, carriages and some of the Boatswain's stores. Discharged the ship's company. PM the lumpers came on board."

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Sat 23 Jul

Woolwich

Came n board Mr Wheetly, pilot, and took charge. Unmoor'd at 11 am. Weighed from Long Reach and dropp'd up with the flood. At 3 pm got to upper part of Gallions where the ship thro' accident took the ground & lay the whole tide. Down top gallants and yards and used every method to ease her. She sat almost upright. At 11, being flood, got her afloat and dropp'd up to Woolwich where we moored alongside a Spanish prize ship. During the whole time aground, she took no water.

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Mon 25Jul

Came alongside a lighter.

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Tues 26 July

Deptford.

Came on board and took charge of the ship Mr Richards pilot at half past 11 am. Cast off from Woolwich and at 3 made fast to the moorings at Deptford. Delivered on acct HC 96 half & 361 qtr chests of Bohea tea and some Private Trade.

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Thurs 28 July

Cloudy weather. Some rain.

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Sat 30 Jul

Delivery of 24 half chests & 558 qtr chests of Singlo; 77 qtr Souchong; 141 Congo & 9 Hyson teas with 7 ropes of Nankeen cloath with some Private Trade.

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Mon 1 Aug

Light winds, cloudy.

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Fri 5 Aug

AM Capt came aboard & ditto went ashore.

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Sat 6 Aug

Delivered on acct HC 191 qtr chests Hyson & Souchong; 24 chests & 318 qtr chests Singlo; 1 Box Mustens(?) & Private Trade

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Sun 7 Aug

Delivered to Hon Co 60 chests Bohea, 311 Singlo, 58 Congo, 5 ropes Nankeen cloath.

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Thurs 11 Aug

60 whole & 3 half chest Bohea; 273 half & 149 qtr chests Singlo & 1 qtr Hyson.

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Sat 13 Aug

Riggers unrig the ship.

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Fri 26 Aug

Deliver HC tea.

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Mon 29 Aug

Delivering HC tea.

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Thurs 30 Aug

Clearing the limbers and delivering remainder of Private Trade.

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Fri 31st Aug

Pleasant breezes, fair weather. LAST ENTRY.