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Thurs 24 Oct

Got ship out of Greenland Dock and warp her down to Deptford lashed alongside the Osterly (sic)

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Sat 26 Oct

At Deptford

Getting out ballast, levelling the kentledge and clearing the limbers.

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Mon 28 Oct

Getting on part of the ship's coals.

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Tues 29 Oct

Getting on the remainder of the ship's coals.

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Wed 30 Oct

Came on board Mr Nails Company Surveyor and examined the ship's people employed under the Boatswain.

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Thurs 31 Oct

Came alongside a lighter with Company bulls and a lighter load of fathoms (?) wood. Quantity 30 fathoms.

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Mon 4 Nov

Received on board the ship's Pilot and Tarr and 40 empty butts also some stores.

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Tues 5 Nov

Honourable Company lead and ships chandler's stores. Some Deal stores. Water. A lighter with some Iron Pipes on account Mr Barker.(4th mate)

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Fri 7 Nov

Hoisting in sails and iron pipes. Bent the sails. Set up foremast rigging.

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Sat 8 Nov

Received the ship's arms and gunner's stores. Sailed for Gravesend the Osterley.

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Mon 11 Nov

Stowing casks of water in the afterhold. Clapping on the mooring serviss (sic) on the best Bower cable.

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Wed 13 Nov

Received on board some faggots and shells and casks of iron mongery on account Honourable Company.

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Sat 16 Nov

At Gravesend

4th Mate on board. Made sail in company with Triton and moored at Gravesend between the Lower Chark Wharf and Faggott Wharf.

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Mon 18 Nov

Quartermaster and midshipmen clearing the forehold. 4th Mate on board.

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Tues 19 Nov

Received 26 recruits on account of the Honourable Company.

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Wed 20 Nov

Came alongside a lighter with beer on account Captain Peirce on the victualling bill.

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Thurs21 Nov

People employ'd drawing and knotting yarns, making Nippers.

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Sat 23 Nov

Came on board some sheet lead on acct Hon Co

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Sun 24 Nov

Sent 15 men up to be impressed.

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Mon 25 Nov

Rec'd on board 88 barrels of powder on acct Hon Co.

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Wed 27 Nov

Some provisions for use of His Majesty's ships in India.

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Thurs28 Nov

People employed under the Boatswain. On board the 4th Mate. Rec'd on board some bales of cloth and long ells on acct Hon Co. Rec'd on board Hon Co gunpowder.

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Sat 30 Nov

Sent 20 men up to be impressed.

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Sun 1 Dec

Confined 8 of Company recruits for attempting to go ashore, viz John Townsend, William Blogg, Nathaniel and John Looking, James Faga, Edward Dunn….

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Mon 2 Dec

Rec'd on board 120 bales on acct Hon Co …and some Private Trade on acct Captain Peirce.

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Sat 7 Dec

Came alongside a lighter with the ship's guns and Private Trade iron on acct Capt Peirce. 3rd Mate on board.

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Mon 9 Dec

Rec'd Company's arms. The Captain came on board. 3rd Mate on board.

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Thurs12 Dec

Came alonside a hoy with Private Trade on account Capt Peirce and officers.

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Fri 13 Dec

Rec'd part of the ship's bread and 32 bales on acct Hon Co.

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Sat 14 Dec

People employ'd drawing and knotting yarns.

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Mon 16 Dec

Hoisting in some Whet (sic) and Dry Provisions. Came alonside a lighter with Beer.

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Tues 17 Dec

Came alongside a barge with some Fathom's wood and a hoy with Private Trade on acct Capt Peirce and Officers.

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Thurs19 Dec

Rec'd some Wett provisions. Came alongside a lighter with anchors on acct Third Officer. (John Geddes)

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Fri 20 Dec

Rec'd some anchors on acct Capt Peirce and all our second expending bread. On board all the Officers.

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Tues 24 Dec

20 butts of small beer.

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Wed 25 Dec

Washed gun deck. This being Christmas Day gave the people a tub of Punch.

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Thurs26 Dec

Rec'd on board some medacines (sic) on acct H.C. and several chests trunks etc on account the passengers.

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Sat 28 Dec

Rec'd 12 casks of brandy for use of Company soldiers. People employ'd getting ready to go to the Hope.

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Tues 31 Dec

Rec'd on board some Private Trade on acct Capt Peirce and Officers.

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Wed 1 Jan

Came a long side (sic) a lighter with some private trade and the Victualling Bill on acct Capt Peirce and 4 casks of lead on Purser's account. A ship called Brittania (sic) carried away our starboard main boom.

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Thurs 2 Jan

Clear decks fore and aft ready for unmooring.

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Fri 3 Jan

Rec'd on board 3 cases of saffron on acct Capt Peirce.

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Sat 4 Jan

Came on board Mr Furness and payd the people their river pay. Rec'd on board some jewellry on acct Capt Peirce. 2 of the Company's soldiers jumped out of the fore chains and are supp. (sic) to be drowned.

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Sun 5 Jan

Mr King came on board and pay'd the soldiers.

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Tues 7 Jan

Came on board the Captain and passengers and also the Purser with the Packett (sic). At noon weighed and sailed. 2 pm passed buoy of the Nore. Thomas Hartwell Captain's servant fell over board out by mizentop (sic) and was drowned.

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Wed 8 Jan

Weighed and made sail. At noon passed by Woolpack. At 4 came too with best Bower in Margate Roads in 7 fathoms water.

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Thurs9 Jan

Weighed etc. At noon came too in the Downs. Got the longboat from alongside and put it down in the gundeck.

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Mon 13 Jan

Voyage begins

Made sail. At noon Dungeness lighthouse bore E by N 1/2 N

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Wed 15 Jan

At noon Dunnose. Shore distance 2 or 3 miles.

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Thurs16 Jan

Portsmouth.

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Sun 19 Jan

Hard squalls with hail. Large swell from Northward makes ship labour much. I find myself 28 miles to the S of my account which I impute to the N'therly swell.

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Wed 22 Jan

I am 14 miles to S'ward of account which I attribute to her drift by the very large swell.

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Thurs23 Jan

Mountainous sea that makes the ship rowl so deep as often to endanger the masts and makes us ship a great deal of water….. Exceeding swell.

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Sat 25 Jan

(sees the) Disenburg last from the Cape bound to Holland in much distress having lost her rudder. Short of water….In the morning supplied them with water and a pipe of brandy, 10 lbs(?) of biscuit and stockfish. I sent my cutter with many hands to ship a

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Sun 26 Jan

I sent the cutter again to know if anything else could be done by us or if they wanted anything more to which the Captain replying in the negative at 8 I made sail.

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Mon 27 Jan

Saw the island of Madeira.

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Wed 29 Jan

In a lee rowl one of the chain plates of the fore topmast gave way and we carried away the fore topmast, all the latter part have been under apprehension of rowling away the Main mast the Rigging was slacking having had no opportunity of setting it proper

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Thurs30 Jan

Suddenly increased to a very hard gale which split our mainsail to pieces…. Rowled so very deep I was in great dread of losing the main mast which increased by having the main… down.

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Sun 2 Feb

29º14'

Saw island of Palma. V. squally. Did not care (?) to go in among the islands.

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Mon 3 Feb

Swell makes ship rowl very deep.

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Tues 4 Feb

Palma 6 or 7 leagues

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Wed 5 Feb

I take my leave from Palma.

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Fri 7 Feb

Moderate breezes and fair weather.

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Sun 9 Feb

Read divine service. Departed this life Robt Smith soldier.

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Mon 10 Feb

pm buried the deceased.

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Wed 12 Feb

Found the fore topmast very much sprung in two places - 6 feet above the Cap. Employ'd getting it down.

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Thurs13 Feb

Island of St Iago.

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Fri 14 Feb

Soldiers picking oakum.

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Sun 16 Feb

11º 8' 22"

Read divine service.

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Tues 18 Feb

Washed with vinegar and burnt tobacco to sweeten the ship.

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Fri 21 Feb

Light airs with much thunder & lightning.

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Sat 22 Feb

Tradesmen at their respective business.

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Tues 25 Feb

3º44' N

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Thurs 5 March

0º 34' N

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Fri 6 Mar

0º 5' S

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Mon 9 Mar

2º4' S

Saw on lee bow something that at first looked like a rock. Lowered down the jollyboat and found it to be a dead whale - several sharks with their heads above water where(sic) eating of it.

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Tues 10 Mar

Spoke a Dutch snow from Angola bound to Surinam with 250 slaves.

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Tues 17 March

14º42' S

28º38' W

Moved steerage guns foreward to trip the ship.

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Thurs19 Mar

17º02'

29º27' W

Trinidada by my acct bears NW 66 leagues.

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Sat 21 Mar

At daylight saw the island of Trinidada.

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Sun 22 Mar

I take my departure from Trinidada and Martinvas Rocks.

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Tues 31 Mar

30º22 S

70º 31' W

Got two pairs of preventer shrowds on each of the lower masts.

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Thurs2 April

A very deep lee roll sprung the fore topmast in 4 places.

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Mon 6 Apr

Our people continue very healthy.

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Tues 7 Apri

35º 09'

0º

Crossed the meridian of London

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Tues 14 Apr

Cape Bona by my account this day at noon bears E7ºN 354 miles (??)

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Thurs16 Apr

Docters (sic) list is very long many of the soldiers are ill.

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Sun 19 Apr

34º 24

Spoke a Dutch ship from False Bay yesterday informs us the Cape point distance 9 leagues.

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Mon 20 Apr

Cape False Bay

Came too in False Bay in 10 fathoms. Hoisted out our longboat. Captain whent a shore. Departed this life Sam Bolton, soldier.

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Tues 21 Apr

Cape False Bay

Rec'd 20 barrels water.Sent deceased ashore to be buried.

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Wed 22 apr

Cape False Bay

Struck main topmast, the trusell trees being worn away.

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Thurs23 April

Cape False Bay

Died Benjamin Mathews soldier

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Sat 25 Apr

Cape False Bay

Died William Gerrald soldier. Sent him ashore to be interred.

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Sun 26 Apr

Cape False Bay

Made the signal for sailing.

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Mon 27 Jan

Cape False Bay

Began to unmoor.

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Tues 28 Apr

Cape False Bay

At noon Cape Bona bore ??? Cape Laguellas ???

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Wed 29 April

I take my departure from Cape False Bay.

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Sun 3 May

35º 40' S

We have many people yet in the docter's list.

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Sun 17 May

22º 27' S

45º 02' E

Kept a good lookout all night for the Island of Madagascar but did not see it.

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Mon 18 May

We are short of Latitude of the Bassas islands India (??). We have many people on the docter's list.

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Thurs 21 May

17º 26' S

Many birds like lapwings about the ship. Found bunches of seaweed and large drifts of fish spawn.

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Fri 22 May

At noon the body Island of St Christopher. In making the Island of St Christopher I find an error in my account of 3º:1/45 making it lie this voyage in Longitude 47º 25' wheras by former accounts and the opinions of our best hydrographers it lies only in

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Sat 23 May

(1 soldier dies) and many others sick and some in great danger.

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Mon 25 May

(Sees) extream of Isld of Mohilla.

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Tues 26 May

Johanna

Anchors off streams of Johanna. Saddle Island. (can see) the mosque in Joanna Town. Half a mile.

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Wed 27 May

In search of 4 people (missing on shore). I take my departure at noon from Johanna.

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Thurs 28 May

(The boat returns, having found the 4 missing men.)

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Fri 29 May

Our sick are greatly recovered. Frank Parry received 12 lashes for attempting to run away. Confined Robert Burme in irons for abusing and threatening the serjant ill.

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Sun 31 May

Publick prayers.

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Mon 1 June

Sick list now very short.

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Wed 3 June

Kept a lookout for Bassas de Paltram though it is my opinion there is no such shoal in Longt of Johanna. W.Nicholson should not I think have spoke of this shoal so publickly without having authority for it.

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Thurs 4 June

00º08' S

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Sat 6 June

Put 5 soldiers in irons for refusing to work.

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Mon 8 June

Released 4 of the men from irons but kept the 5th being a very troublesome and mischievous fellow.

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Wed 17 June

7º 53' N

Cape Comaroon by my acct at noon…allowing it to lie as Mr Nicholson places it which agreed past voyage with my acct in lat 0/7º1/50 N.

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Thurs18 June

7º 43' N

Sounded. Coarse sand like beaten pepper & small stones. My account agrees very well. I make Cape Comaroon at Noon to bear ENE 1/2 N 18 leagues.

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Fri 19 June

Moderate breezes and delightful weather.

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Sat 20 June

5º 5' N

Extreams of Island of Ceyloan. (sic)

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Sun 21 June

At noon the Friars Hood

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Tues 23 June

At half past 4 spoke the Resolution, Commodore Nesbit, from Madras bound for Bombay who left Madras 27th of last month.

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Wed 24 June

2 am extreame of Coromandel coast from mast head. AM got the steering sail booms down and driver boom. Unbent the top ropes and bent the best bower and sheet cables.

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Thurs25 June

Madras Road

Madrass flagstaff 2 or 3 leagues. 7 am came to in 7 fathoms water in Madrass Road. Saluted admiral with 13 guns. Found riding here 2 of Her (sic) Majesty's ships, one sloop of war and 6 (?) Indiamen. This log ends at noon.

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Fri 26 June

Madras Road

Got everything ready for sending the Company's goods ashore. Sent the Recruits ashore. The Captain whent (sic) ashore.

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Sat 27 June

Madras Road

Sent ashore Company's goods and Private Trade of Captain Peirce's. Sent the longboat to the edges of the cerf (sic) with part of the Company's gunpowder. PM sailed the Nottingham for Bengal. Carpenter employ'd securing the heel of the Fore Topmast, it b

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Sun 28 June

Madras Road

Longboat with the rest of the Company's gunpowder to the edge of the cerf.

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Mon 29 June

Madras Road

Discharged Company's goods and some Private Trade.

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Tues 30 June

Madras Road

Discharged Company cargoe and Private Trade. Overhauling rigging and blacking yards. The Lincoln sails for China.

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Fri 3 July

Madras Road

Discharging Company's goods and Private Trade.

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Sun 5 July

Madras Road

Loaded the Orford's longboat with some victalling stores.

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Mon 6 July

Madras Road

4 of our people ran away on board the Orford man-o-war.

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Wed 8 July

Madras Road

Employed clearing the forehold. Carpenter putting up the bulkhead of the Lazaretto.

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Thurs 9 July

Madras Road

Rec'd on board 18 bales of cotton by the longboat on account of Capt Peirce.

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Fri 10 July

Madras Road

Arrived here the Fox (Capt Mitchill sic) and Duke of Albany (Capt Stewart).

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Sun 12 July

Madras Road

Received a boatload of water.

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Mon 13 July

Madras Road

Delivering sheet lead on acct Captain Peirce and iron pipes on acct John Baker.

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Tues 14 July

Madras Road

Rec'd on board 90 bales of cotton on account of Hon Company and some Red Wood on acct Capt Peirce.

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Wed 15 July

Madras Road

Stowing Redwood. Rec'd on board cotton on acct Hon Co. Anchored here the Tryton (sic) from England.

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Fri 17 July

Madras Road

At 9 am parted our Best Bower cable about 1/3 from the hause. Sent longboat and weighed the anchor, about noon she purchased it when hove her on board the cable got the end in at the hawse and splic'd it.

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Sat 18 July

Madras Road

Rec'd cotton on acct Hon Co.

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Mon 20 July

Madras Road

Taking on board tin on acct of the Co.

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Thurs 23 July

Madras Road

Sett up rigging. Got up Top Galant masts. Rec'd on board cotton. At 4 pm parted our small Bower cable.

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Fri 24 July

Madras Road

Sent longboat to weigh the anchor at 8. She purchased it and hove alongside. Got anchor and cable aboard.

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Sat 25 July

Madras Road

Rec'd on board some cotton, pipes of wine and some bags of Paddy.

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Mon 27 July

Madras Road

Hoisted in the longboat.

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Wed 29 July

Madras Road

Weighed and run further out. At 8 came too with best bower in 10 1/2 fathoms. The Captain came on board.

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Thurs 30 July

Madras Road

Made sail. Saluted Admiral with 13 guns. Got the quarter deck guns on the forecastle and dismounted them. At noon St Thomas's Mount bore WSW. This log ends at noon and begins sea work.

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Sat 1 Aug

12º23' N

83º 31' E

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Sat 8 Aug

7º 26' N

93º 24' E

At noon the N'most of the Nicobar Islands.

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Tues 11 Aug

6º 11' N

At 6 am Pulo Buttong (Bouton)15 leagues. Long Island & Pulo Ladda.

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Wed 12 Aug

The extreames of the Ladda islands. The extreames of the Malay shore. At 1 am came too with best bower off Ladda. Sent longboat ashore.

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Thurs 13 Aug

Hoisted up bales of cotton out of main hold and put down 4 of the 9 pounders.

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Fri 14 Aug

5º 58'

Extreames of Malay coast and Ladda Islands. Hoisted in Longboat.

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Sat 15 Aug

6º 02'

Extreames of Peir (?) Islands. Peir Rock. Ladda Islands and Malay coast. Island of Pinang.

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Sun 16 Aug

5º 38'

Extreames of Pulo Pinang.

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Mon 17 Aug

5º 15'

Extreames of Pinang and Malay shore.

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Wed 19 Aug

Extreames of Pinang 3 to 4 leagues. Departed this life Robert Nail, seaman.

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Thurs 20 Aug

Pulo Talang & Pulo Dinding.

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Sat 22 Aug

3º 34'

Pulo Terra (Jarra?)

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Sun 23 Aug

3º 09'

Pulo Ferra and Sambolong

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Mon 24 Aug

2º 58'

Long Arroe & Round Arroe

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Tues 25 Aug

Parcelar Hill 7 to 8 leagues. Cape Rachardo 3 to 4 leagues. Extream Malay coast and Sumatra.

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Wed 26 Aug

Malacca Road

Came too in Malacca Road. Can see Malacca flagstaff. Near Water island & Fisher island. 2 miles from town. Royal Henry, Norfolk & Lioness anchored here. This logg ends at noon.

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Thurs27 Aug

Malacca Road

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Fri 28 Aug

Malacca Road

Rec'd on board the Company's tin.

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Sat 29 Aug

Malacca Road

James Simmonds seaman departed this life. Ends logg at noon.

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Sun 30 Aug

Malacca Road

Buried deceased. Water Island -> Pudong. Mount Moar ->Mount Formosa -> Pontiamo Grand

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Mon 31 Aug

1º 27' N

Great Carimon. Two brothers?

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Tues 1 Sept

Island of Pisang.

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Wed 2 Sept

1º 08'

Pulo Pisang & extreames Pulo Cocol(o)

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Thurs3 Sept

In company with Royal Henry and Norfolk.

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Fri 4 Sept

In company with Royal Henry, Norfolk, Fox, Lioness & 2 country ships.

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Sat 5 Sept

Past Tree Island. Came too near Barn Island. 3 to 4 leagues.

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Sun 6 Sept

Red Island, Buffellon Rock. The Rabbit. St John's 3 to 4 miles. At daylight Sincapore (sic) Point.

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Mon 7 Sept

1º 24' N

Bintang Hill. Romanca . Pedro Blanco. Fox and Royal Henry in company.

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Tues 8 Sept

3º 26' N

Pulo Auroe 7 to 8 leagues. In company.

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Wed 9 Sept

4º 39'

Caulkers on gun deck. Sailmaker repairing old jibbs (sic)

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Thurs 10 Sept

5º 59'

Fox astern. Henry in company.

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Sat 12 Sept

7º 58'

(With Henry. Fox out of sight.) I agree with Mr Nicholson that Condore is placed in…. Too far to East of Timoan Auroe have proved it by experience of several voyages. Saw Pulo Condore bearing NW (?)

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Sun 13 Sept

I take fresh departure from Condore allowing it in latitude 8º 34' N. Longt from London 107:29

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Mon 14 Sept

10º 27' N

At sunset Pulo Sapantan. (Sapata)

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Wed 16 Sept

In company with Royal Henry. Shifted main topsail with second best.

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Fri 18 Sept

In company with Royal Henry. Fox just in sight.

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Sat 19 Sept

15º 28' N

113º: 1/45

Light airs variable the former and latter cloudy the Middle some showers of rain. In company as before.

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Sun 20 Sept

Several land birds about the ship. PM sounded and got ground. Fine white sand with small bits of coral rock and some shells. By this I must be o/1:1/5 to the Neward (?) of account. As the Macclesfield W'ern edge is rocky, allow'd to the 0/5:1/00 E of Pte

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Mon 21 Sept

16º 25 N

A good number of small land birds about the ship of various kinds from which and of swell I am led to think there has been a hard gale to the North. We run from one end of the Macclesfield to the other.

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Tues 22 Sept

PM shifted our courses with the best and stowed all the guns. Caught a hawk and several small land birds.

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Wed 23 Sept

16º58'

Longd obsd this Day at Noon 0/114:1/20 which is a degree almost to the EtWd of our account and agrees with my acct at striking of Macclesfield when I reckoned myself 0/1:1/05 to the W. Several ships I find have struck it in the WSW monsoon at 0/4:1/20 fro

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Thurs 24 Sept

I make Grand Ladrones by my acct from Macclesfield to be NbW (?). 86 leagues by my account from Sapata.

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Sat 26 Sept

18º 30'

Light airs and calms with fair weather. Washed the gun deck.

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Sun 27 Sept

19º 33'

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Mon 28 Sept

20º 54'

Bent the small bower cable and got the flukes of the anchors out of the chains.

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Tues 29 Sept

At daylight the extreames of the land from the WSW. Distance of nearest shore about 3 leagues. At 8 am the Grand Ladrone ENE 8 or 9 leagues.

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Wed 30 Sept

21º 50'

When anchored the Grand Ladrone bore ENE. Shore 2 to 3 leagues.

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Thurs 1 Oct

(Continuously weighing and coming too.) At half past 11 am when anchored the easternm't point of the Viados bore NE distance off shore about 3 leagues.

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Sat 3 Oct

(Continuously weighing and coming too.) At sun Sett (sic) the island of Casbore. At Sun Rise the Grand Ladrone bore E 1/2 N distance 6 to 7 leagues. The island of Cass. The Mizen on Colong W the island of Ilas.

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Sun 4 Oct

(Continuously weighing and coming too.) At 6 pm the Grand Ladrone ESE 1/2 S (??) 4 or 5 leagues. The highlands of Lanton. At daylight Cass point SWS. Macoa (sic) town. Lintine Hills.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Mon 5 Oct

Weighed and made sail at 6 am. Came too with the kedge in 5 1/2 fm of water. Linking island bearing NE 3/4 E. The Asses Ears on the high land of Lantow. Distance of Linting 2 leagues.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Tues 6 Oct

Whampoa

The peak of Linting bearing… Hoisted out the longboat and got the cutter in between the booms.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Wed 7 Oct

Whampoa

Made sail and past (sic) the Linting Barr. At noon the mouth of the Bouge (sic) bore 3 miles.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Thurs 8 Oct

Whampoa

Run through the Bogue. 1/2 past 8 past the Second Barr. Came to above the fishing stakes at Whampoa. Found riding here 11 English ships, 2 Danes, 2 Swedes, 4 Dutch, 3 French, 4 country ships.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Fri 9 Oct

Whampoa

Employ'd sending ashore all our sparrs. Unbending the sails and getting down masts and yards. Quartermaster and midshipmen clapping on our mooring serviss. PM the Captain came on board.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Sat 10 Oct

Whampoa

AM Came on board the Hoppo and measurd (sic) the ship. Saluted him at coming and going away with 9 guns. People employed under the boatswain unreining the running rigging getting the lower and topsail yards fore and aft.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Sun 11 Oct

Whampoa

Washed decks. Rigged longboat.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Mon 12 Oct

Whampoa

Send ashore empty butts, packs of staves and some old rigging to the Bankshall.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Tues 13 Oct

Whampoa

Fair weather. Some hands over hauling the fore rigging. Sent the longboat to town with the Company's treasure. PM Loaded two China boats with cotton on acct Captain Peirce.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Wed 14 Oct

Whampoa

Loaded 2 china boats with cotton on acct Capt Peirce. PM sending to Bankshall some dry provisions.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Thurs 15 Oct

Whampoa

Sent to Bankshall all the hen coops.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Fri 16 Oct

Whampoa

Loaded 2 boats with Company's cotton. Sent longboat to be hauld (sic) up for the caulker to caulk.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Sat 17 Oct

Whampoa

Loaded 2 boats with Company's tin.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Sun 18 Oct

Whampoa

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Mon 19 Oct

Whampoa

Loaded a chop with Company's cotton.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Tues 20 Oct

Whampoa

Loaded a chop with Company's cotton.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Wed 21 Oct

Whampoa

Loaded a chop with Red Wood on acct Captain Peirce. Launched our longboat. Rigg'd her and sent ashore for a ledger of Arrack for the ship's use.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Thurs 22 Oct

Whampoa

Loaded a chop with Company's tin. Sent our cutter to attend the corps (sic) of a Dane supercargo which at 11 am was interd (sic) on French island at which all ye Danish ships fired 20 guns as did the Commodores of the other Nations.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Sat 24 Oct

Whampoa

Loaded a chop with Red Wood on acct Capt Peirce.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Mon 26 Oct

Whampoa

Loaded 2 boats with Company's cotton.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Tues 27 Oct

Whampoa

Loaded 2 boats with Company's tin. Sent to Bankshall 10 butts to be filled.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Wed 28 Oct

Whampoa

Loaded 2 boats with redwood on acct Captain Peirce and longboat with some whet (sic) provisions to send to Bankshall to have them filled up with fresh pickle.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Thurs 29 Oct

Whampoa

Delivered to 2 china boats the Company's bales of cloth and some lead with 2 pipes of wine.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Fri 30 Oct

Whampoa

1 boat of Company cotton. 1 boat of cotton on acct Capt Peirce.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Sat 31 Oct

Whampoa

Loaded 2 boats with Company's tin. Rec'd on board 3 china boats of ballast and sent 4 more to the Bankshall to be unloaded

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Sun 1 Nov

Whampoa

Washed upper and gun decks.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Mon 2 Nov

Whampoa

Loaded 2 boats, 1 tin of freight the other with pepper on acct Capt Peirce.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Tues 3 Nov

Whampoa

1 boat of Company's lead. 1 boat Red Wood on acct Capt Peirce.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Wed 4 Nov

Whampoa

Cleared main hold ready to receive ballast.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Thurs 5 Nov

Whampoa

Leveled the ballast from fore part of the well forward to 12 foot 2 inches under the beams.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Sat 7 Nov

Whampoa

Sailed hence a Sweed (sic) ship to the 2nd Barr.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Mon 9 Nov

Whampoa

At noon departed this life Joseph Wells, carpenter's boy, of a fall down the fore hatchway.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Wed 11 Nov

Whampoa

AM departed this life Rice James armourer. PM Buried him on Dane island.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Fri 13 Nov

Whampoa

Gammond the Bowsprit. Was interd (sic) the body of Capt Bassel in the Company's service who came here for the recovery of his health. Rec'd on board by a china boat 41 1/2 and 69 whole chests of china on acct of the Comp'y and by another some half chests

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Sat 14 Nov

Whampoa

Fore yard sprung in the way of the slings. Got it down for carpenter to fish (fix?). PM Departed this life Edward Gillard invaleed (sic) from Madrass.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Sun 15 Nov

Whampoa

Washed decks

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Mon 16 Nov

Whampoa

Rec'd on board a chop of tea on acct Hon Co.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Tues 17 Nov

Whampoa

Loaded a chop with remainder of Company's lead.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Wed 18 Nov

Whampoa

Stowing tea.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Sun 22 Nov

Whampoa

Sent pinnace to Canton to attend the corps (sic) of Capt Jackson to French island. Commodore fired 20 guns.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Mon 23 Nov

Whampoa

Rec'd on board a chop of tea on acct Hon Co.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Tues 24 Nov

Whampoa

Rec'd a topmast from the Gatton. Gunner painting the stern.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Thurs 26 Nov

Whampoa

Rec'd a longboat load of water.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Fri 27 Nov

Whampoa

Fell overboard getting over the ship's side a man belonging to the Royal Henry.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Sat 28 Nov

Whampoa

Rec'd some leigers (?) of Arrack.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Mon 30 Nov

Whampoa

Sway'd up ye topmasts and rattled the shrouds. Rec'd 2 boatloads of tea on acct Hon Co.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Tues 1 Dec

Whampoa

Sailed hence the Gatton.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Thurs 3 Dec

Whampoa

Rec'd from the Bankshall 10 butts of water. Stowed them abaft the bulkhead of he Lazaretto.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Sat 5 Dec

Whampoa

Sailed hence the Havannah (Capt White)

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Fri 11 Dec

Whampoa

Sailed hence the Camden (Capt Riddell)

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Sat 12 Dec

Whampoa

Rec'd 2 boatloads of tea on account the Hon Co.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Mon 14 Dec

Whampoa

Scraped and payd lower masts with turpentine. Sent longboat to town for water.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Tues 15 Dec

Whampoa

Rec'd longboat of water and all the billet wood from Bankshall.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Thurs 17 Dec

Whampoa

Rec'd from Bankshall some whet (sic) provisions and a longboat load of water.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Sat 19 Dec

Whampoa

Rec'd a chop of tea on acct Hon Co.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Sun 20 Dec

Whampoa

Sent 10 men to Canton on liberty.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Tues 22 Dec

Whampoa

People returned from Canton.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Wed 23 Dec

Whampoa

Sent 10 people to Canton on liberty.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Fri 25 Dec

Whampoa

(no celebration!) Rec'd on board a chop of Private Trade on acct Captain Peirce and Officers. Stowed the water away in the Lazaretto.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Sat 26 Dec

Whampoa

Stowing Co tea and Private Trade.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Tues 29 Dec

Whampoa

Stowing Private Trade. Rec'd our ballast from the Bankshall.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Wed 30 Dec

Whampoa

Rec'd all the hencoops from Bankshall. Stowing Private Trade.

Earl of Ashburnham 1772

Thurs 31 Dec

Whampoa

Sent longboat with kedge anchor and hawser to Liones to assist her in warping below all the ships.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Fri 1 Jan

Whampoa

Carpenter repairing hencoop on the poop. (no celebrations!)

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Mon 4 Jan

Whampoa

Rec'd on board our Davids and Fish penants and sundry other things.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Thurs 7 Jan

Whampoa

Rec'd a chop of Singlo tea on acct Hon East India Company.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Fri 8 Jan

Whampoa

Stowing tea. Sailed hence Fox (Capt Mitchel)

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Tues 12 Jan

Whampoa

Rec'd a chop of tea on acct Hon Co.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Fri 15 Jan

Whampoa

Sailed hence Royal Henry (Capt Rouse)

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Sat 16 Jan

Whampoa

Rec'd 2 chops tea on acct Hon Co.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Mon 18 Jan

Whampoa

Rec'd 150 bags(?) of Raw Silk and 1 boatload of tea and 20 chests of Nankeen on acct the Hon Co. Finding there had been some fraud in the tea took the boat and 5 men into custody.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Tues 19 Jan

Whampoa

Rec'd private trade on acct Captain & Officers.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Thurs 21 Jan

Whampoa

Rec'd chop of tea and raw silk.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Sat 23 Jan

Whampoa

Rec'd from Bankshall everything remaining. Got up topgallant yards and bent the sails.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Sun 24 Jan

Whampoa

Warped down to the middle of Dane Island.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Tues 26 Jan

Dropt with the tide and came too above 2nd barr. Found riding there Royal Henry.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Wed 27 Jan

Sent the cutter to Canton for the Captain. Rec'dsome stock. Came down Norfolk and Anson.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Thurs 28 Jan

Rec'd a longboat of water. Hoisted her in between the booms. Rec'd some hogs and Paddy.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Fri 29 Jan

Rec'd the Captains singsongs and some yam (?) stores.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Sun 31 Jan

Rec'd some stock. At 4 pm the Captain came on board.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Mon 1 Feb

Weighed and made sail in company with Anson (Capt Lennox).

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Tues 2 Feb

At 10 past the Bogue.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Wed 3 Feb

4 pm past Lintin Barr. 10 past Macao. Pilot went ashore.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Thurs 4 Feb

Departed this life John Appleby, seaman.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Fri 5 Feb

In company with Anson.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Sat 6 Feb

Macclesfield shoal. At 7 pm departed this life Christopher Willey, captain's baker.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Sun 7 Feb

Buried deceased.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Tues 9 Feb

Kept a good lookout all night for island of Sapata but did not see her.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Wed 10 Feb

7º 37'

Our soundings at 6 pm surprised one. I expected we were more to W'ward.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Sat 13 Feb

Island of Timoon.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Sun 14 Feb

1º03' N

Pulo Auroe. Publick prayers.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Mon 15 Feb

0º22' S

Pulo Lingin

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Tues 16 Feb

2º 06' S

Pulo Taya. 6 am Batacarrang Point. Noon, entrance of Palamban River. Monapin Hill.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Wed 17 Feb

3º 23' S

Sumatra. Banka islands. Parmasan Hill.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Thurs18 Feb

5º 08' S

6 pm Tree Island. 11 Two Sisters.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Fri 19 Feb

5º 48' S

Bantam. St Nicholas Point. The Button.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Sun 21 Feb

6º 24' S

Java. Princess Island. Cracatore.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Sat 27 Feb

7º 22'

In company with Anson.

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Thurs 4 March

11º 08' S

In company with Anson

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Fri 5 March

12º 03' S

The Keeling or Cocos Islands.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Tues 9 March

15º 02' S

In company with the Anson

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Sat 13 March

18º47 S

In company with the Anson

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Sun 21 March

23º 53' S

In company with the Anson

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Sun 29 March

25º 29' S

In company with the Anson

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Fri 2 April

29º 54' S

In company with the Anson

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Mon 5 Apr

32º 06' S

In company with the Anson

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Sat 17 Apr

34º 30' S

Cape Laguellas. Cape False.

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Sun 18 April

Table Bay

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Mon 19 April

Table Bay

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Tues 20 April

Table Bay

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Wed 21 April

Table Bay

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Sat 1 May

24º 50' S

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Sat 8 May

15º 55' S

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Sat 22 May

9º 50' S

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Mon 24 May

8º 17' S

Arrive Ascension Island

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Tues 25 May

Ascension

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Wed 26 May

Depart Ascension island

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Sun 30 May

equator

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June

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Tues 20 July

Lands End

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Wed 21 July

Portland Bill

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Thurs 22 July

Dunnose. Beachy Head at noon.

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Fri 23 July

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Sat 24 July

Dungeness lighthouse

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Sun 25 July

Dover Roads

Earl of Ashburnham 1773

Tues 3 Aug

Gravesend.