Light winds at S.
& S. W. water smooth and but little of the Southern swell remaining.
Observed a school of fish. Excessively sultry. Latitude (at Noon) 38° 1' Wind
S. W. and almost calm. At 3 P. M. Sounded in 26½ Fathoms—during the time the
lead was on the ground (it being a calm) we found our drift from the
perpendicular to be at the rate of a Knot by the current which set due North.
The fleet made no progress this day. All this day cloudy excepting a trifling
Interval of observation. Supposed to be at noon 15 leagues from C. Dead calm
all this night. A written concession from Company and carpenters and this day I
ordered their usual allowance of Rum.
SOURCE: G. D. Scull,
Editor, The Montresor Journals, p. 434
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