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Remarkable Occurances onboard His Majesty's Bark Endeavour

First & Middlept. Modte. breezes & Clear. Latter fresh Gales & Cloudy at 6PM loosed the 2d. Reef out of the
Topsails & at 8AM took them in again at Noon Tack'd & stood to the NWt. having stood before to the Southward.

Very hard gales with some heavy showers of Rain the most part of these 24 Hours which brought us
under our two Courses, broke one of our Main Topmast Puttock Plates washed overboard a small
Boat belonging to the Boatswain. & drown'd between 3 & 4 Dozen of our Poultry which was worst of all 
towards Noon it moderated so that we could bear our Main Topsail close Reefd at Midnight wore
& stood to the Southward –

Fresh Gales & Cloudy the most part of these 24 Hours PM got up the spare Mainsail to dry it being Wet
by the Water getting into the Sail room occasioned by the Ship being very Leakey in her upper works at
5AM loosed 2 Reefs out of each Topsail, & saw the Land which we judged to be between Cape Finister
And Cape Ortugal. at 10 Tackd being about 4 Miles Off shore & stood to the NW At Noon Cape Ortugal bore EbS. distt. abt.  8 Lg's

First part little wind & Hazey with rain remainder strong Gales with hard squalls which brought
us under our close Reeft Topsails & obliged us to strike Top gallant yards at 8AM wore ship & stood to
the Southward

Fore part fresh Gales & Clear. remainder light Airs & Calm at 6AM Cape Finister bore SbW½W distt. 10 or 11
Leagues. loosed all the Reefs out of the Topsails & got Topgallant Yards across.

Light breezes & Calm all these 24 Hours at 2PM had an Observation of the Sun & Moon which gave the Longitde.
8.º 42' Wt. from Greenwich at 6 Cape Finister bore SbW½Wt. 6 Lg's Variation of the Compass P Azmth. [Azimuth] 18.42 Wt. at
Noon Cape Finister SbE dist 4 Lg's Latde. observ'd 43º.4' therefore Cape Finister must lay in Latde. 42º.53' North

Modte. breezes & Clear wear. these 24 Hours. AM found the Variatn. by the Mean of 5 Azmth. to be 21.º 40' Wt.
3 Degrees more than what it was found Yesterday, which I cannot account for as both Observations appeard
to me to be equally well made at 10.h 28' had an Observation of the Sun & Moon which gave the Longde. 9º.40' Wt.
from Greenwich by this Observation Cape Finisterre must lay in 8º.52'. & by that made Yesterday as 8.40 the
Mean of the two is 8.46Wt. of Greenwich the Longde. of the Cape its Latde. being 42.53 North –

Modte. breezes & Clear wear. found the Variation to be 21.4W.

Fresh Gales & Cloudy wear. AM past by 2 Sail which were standing to the NEt.

First part fresh Gs. remainder modte. breezes & fine Clear wear. set up the Topmst. rigging & found the Varon. [Variation] to be 19º.50' West

A Steady fresh breeze & fine Clear wear. found the Varn. of the Compass by the Evening & Morning Amplitde. & by 2 Azmth. to be 20º.59 West.

The same Wind & wear. Continue found the Variatn. to be this Evening 18º.54' & in the Morning 17º.58'W. they both being the mean result of Several good Observations –

Modte. breezes & fine Clear wear. at 6AM the Island of Porto Sancto bore NWbW dist. 9 or 10 Lg's. Should the Wind to the
Westward at Noon The Desarteas extending from WSW to SWbS, the Body of Madiera [Madeira] W/2 S & Porto Sancto NNW½W