Wind Westerly; course South 87 degrees 30 minutes West; distance 70 miles; latitude 37 degrees 49 minutes South, longitude 147 degrees 30 West.
Thursday, 7th.

Fresh Gales and hard squalls, with rain.

At 3 p.m.

saw something upon the Water, which must either have been a Billet of Wood or a Seal.

At Noon a hard gale and Squally, which obliged us to take in the Topsails.