At noon on the 11th, the land bore from south 57 deg. west, to north 82 deg. west:  the wind being variable, we tacked occasionally.  Our latitude was 27 deg. 19’ south, and the longitude 48 deg. 21’ west.  ’Till the 17th, we had light winds, chiefly from the north-east quarter, and fine clear weather; the wind then shifted to the westward, with frequent squalls and heavy showers of rain.  The latitude, at noon, was 29 deg. 27’ south, and 41 deg. 14’ west longitude.  On the 20th, we had the ship well cleaned between decks, and thoroughly washed with vinegar.  The variation of the compass was 4 deg. 40’ easterly.

At noon on the 21st, a severe squall came on, attended with thunder, and very heavy rain; the wind all round the compass:  this occasioned us to clew up the top-sails, and reef the foresail; however, towards evening, the weather growing more moderate we set the top-sails.

We opened a cask of beef on the 22d, which was marked R. H. N deg. 72, and was received from the commissary at the victualling-office, Port Jackson:  it contained sixty-six double pieces, which was four double pieces short of the number there ought to have been.

During the 23d and 24th, we had light easterly winds, with intervening calms, and dark cloudy weather, attended with rain.  On the 25th, in latitude 26 deg. 13’ south, and 31 deg. 33’ east longitude, we found 1 deg. 22’ easterly variation; and on the 27th the variation was 00 deg. 45’ westerly; the latitude being 22 deg. 32’ south, and the longitude 29 deg. 03’ west.  I ordered the cables to be hauled up, the tier to be well cleaned, and washed with vinegar.  The wind now hauled to the westward, with a moderate breeze and clear weather.  On the 28th, the wind shifted to the northward, and at one o’clock in the morning of the 29th, a very severe squall came on from north-north-east, attended with heavy rain:  soon after day-light, the weather moderated.

We now had a settled easterly wind and fine weather, until the morning of the 6th of March, when the wind blew strong and in squalls, and continued very unsettled till the afternoon of the 7th, when it grew moderate.  The latitude was 14 deg. 26’ south, and the longitude 23 deg. 02’ west.  On the 12th, we were in 02 deg. 11’ south latitude, and 25’ 16” west longitude, and in the afternoon we saw a sail to the northward; we bore up and spoke her; she proved to be the Cleopatra, of Boston, bound to Calcutta.  I ordered the jolly-boat to be hoisted out and sent on board her; at six o’clock the boat returned, we got her on board, and made sail.

From the 16th to the 18th, we had squally unsettled weather, attended with thunder, lightning, and heavy rain.  Our latitude at noon on the 20th, was 08 deg. 45’ north, the longitude 30 deg. 16’ west, and the variation by azimuth 7 deg. 52’ west:  the wind blew strong from the north-east, which occasioned a very high sea.

On the 22d, John Miles was punished for sleeping on his watch, neglect of duty, and contemptuous behaviour.