Ship's Log of the General Goddard, between England and India, 1789-1790 (Travel Diaries and Journals)

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Thrusday 15
1	NNW	6	6	NE Cloudy
2		7	"
3		6	6	Out 1 Reef main top sail
4		6	6
5		7	3
6		7	3
7		6	6	Out 1 Reef fore top sail
8	N B W 1/2 W	6	6	Vble [Variable]
9	NNW	7	"	NE	A fresh trade and mostly Cloudy weather throughout
10		7	4
11	NNW 1/2 W	7	4
12		7	"
1	NW B N	7	"	NE B N	People variously under the Boatswain
2		7	"
3		7	"
4		7	2		Some hands repairing an old top mast steering sail
5		7	2
6		7	4
7		7	4
8		7	4		Long [Longitude] by Cronometer at 8:37:7
9		7	2		AM app time was 33:49:20
10		7	2
11		7	2
12		7	2
			Dist P Log 171 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 8:11

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 44 W	170	122	118	8:11	119	31:4

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Fryday 16
1	NW 1/2 N	7	4	NE B N Cloudy
2		7	4
3		7	6
4		6	"
5		6	6	In 1 Reef fore top sail
6		7	3		A Brisk trade and Cloudy weather
7	NNW	7	2
8		6	2
9	NNW 1/2 W	6	6	NE
10		7	6
11		7	"		People variously employd [employed]
12	NNW	7	"
1		7	2
2		7	2
3	NNW 1/2 W	7	2		The Sun being [?tacks] the Obsd [Observed] not to be depended on
4		7	4
5		7	6
6		7	"
7		7	"
8		7			Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 10:17
9	NNW	7	6
10		7	4
11		7	2
12		7	5
			Dist P Log 164 Miles

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 43 W	162	118	110	10:9	111	32:55

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Saturday 17
1	N B W 1/2 W	6	6	NE B E Fair
2		6	6
3	NNW	6	4
4		6	2
5		6	4		Variation Pr Ayth 5:30 W
6		6	4		Ampd 5:17 W
7	N B W 1/2 W	7	2
8		7	3
9	NNW 1/2 W	7	5	NE	A light trade and mostly fair weather People variously under the Boastn [Boatswain]
10		7	5	[Vble] Variable
11	NW B N	8	"
12	NW B W	8	"
1		7	6
2	NW 1/2 W	7	6		~~AM hauld the short cable up to serv~~
3		7	6	Cloudy
4		6	2
5	NNW 1/2 W	6	4		Long [Longitude] by Cronometer at 9:5:0
6		6	4		AM App time was 37:3:15 W
7		6	5
8		6
9		6	4
10		6	6
11		6	4
12		7
			Dist P Log 167 Miles		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 12:20

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 44 W	164	118	114	12:17	116	34:51

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Sunday 18
1	NNW	6	4	NE Fair
2		6	4
3		6	6
4	NNW 1/2 W	6	6
5		6	"		Variation Pr Ayth 5:8 W
6	NNW	6	"
7	N B W 1/2 W	7	2
8	NNW	7	"		Moderate winds and mostly fair weather
9		6	4
10	N B W 1/2 W	6	4	NE B E
11		5	2
12		6	"
1		5	"
2		5	"
3	NNW	5	5	NE
4		5	5
5	NNW B N	5	4	NE B N
6		5	4
7	NW	6	4	NNE
8		6	2
9	NW B N	6		NE B N
10		5
11		5			Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 14:14
12		5
			Dist P Log 145 Miles

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 37 W	144	115	86	14:15	88	36:19

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H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Monday 19
1	NW B N	5	2	NE B N Fair
2	NNW	4	6
3		4	2	Vble [Variable]
4		4	"	NE
5		4	"		People variously employd [employed] by the Boatswain
6		4	"
7		3	4		Some hands repairing the 2 best Jib
8		2	4
9		2	2
10		2	"
11		1	"
12		1	6		Light winds variable and mostly fair weather with smoth [smooth] watter [water]
1	NW	"	6	Vble [Variable] Light airs
2		1	"
3		2	"
4		3	2
5	NW B N	3	4		Long [Longitude] by Cronometer at 9:11:20
6		3	2		AM App times was 39:33:15
7	NW	2	6
8		2	6
9		3	2
10	NNW	3	6	NE
11	N B W 1/2 W	4	2	Vble [Variable]	Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 15:9 N
12		4	2
			Dist P Log 74 Miles

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 40 W	73	56	47	15:10	48	37:7

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Tuesday 20
1	N B W 1/2 W	4	4	NE B E Fair
2		4	4
3		6	4
4		6	5
5		6	"		Variation Pr Ayth 5:30 N
6		6	"		Ampt 5:17 N
7	NNW	5	4
8		5	4
9	N B W	5	"	NE
10		5	"	Vble [Variable]	A Light trade wind mostly fair weather
11	NNW 1/2 W	4	6
12	NW 1/2 N	5	"
1	NW B W	4	4		AM Hauld [hauled] the B [Best] Br [Bower] Cable up to serve
2		5	2
3	NNW	3	"	Cloudy
4		3	3
5	N B W	5	"
6	N 1/2 W	6	"
7	North	6	"
8	N 1/2 W	6	3
9	North	6	4
10		6	6		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 17:0
11	N B W 1/2 W	6	6
12		6	5
			Dist P Log 131 Miles

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 26 W	129	116	57	17:5	59	32:6

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H	Courses	H	F	Winds	Remarks on Wednesday 21
1	N B W	5	6	ENE Fair
2	N B W 1/2 W	5	6
3		5	"
4	NNW 1/2 W	5	"	NE B E	Long [Longitude] 0 & [cresent] at 1:50:24 PM was
5		5	3		41:00:45 and by Cronometer
6	NNW 1/2 W	5	3	NE	40:45:45
7		6	"
8	NNW	6	3
9		6	"
10	NNW 1/2 W	6	2		Very Light rain and fair weather Latterly a large swell from ye [the] NNW
11		6	2
12		6	2
1		5	"		PM Payd down the BB [Best Bower] Cable
2	NNW	4	4
3		5	"	Vble [Variable]	People variously under the Boatsn [Boatswain] Some hands repairing an old middle stay sail
4		5	"
5	N B W 1/2 W	6	4
6		6	4		Passed an English ship standing to ye [the] Wt [West]
7		6	6
8	N 1/2 W	6	6	NE B E
9		5	4		Long [Longitude] by Cronometer at 9:46:0
10		4	4		AM app time was 41:39:45
11		5
12	North	5	4
			Dist P Log 135 Miles

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 28 W	134	118	63	18:30	66	39:12

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Thursday 22
1	North	4		E B N Fair
2		3	6
3		4			Light Airs and Calms with mostly cloudy weather the swell from the NNW much less
4		4		Cloudy
5		3
6		3	4
7		1	6
8		1	"	Vble [Variable]
9	N B E	1	6		People variously under the Boatsn Tradesmen as necessary
10		1	4
11			6
12	H		6
1
2
3			Calms
4
5
6
7
8
9			4
10			6
11	NE	3	6		Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 19:21
12	ENE	3	2
			Dist P Log	[24?] Miles

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 2 W	27	27	1	19:20	1	39:15

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H	Courses	H	F	Winds	Remarks on Fryday 23
1	ENE	"	4	Vble [Variable] Taken aback
2	West	"	4
3	NE	2		Very Vble [Variable]	Cloudy
4		2	4
5	NNE	2	2
6		2	2	In 1 Reef fore top sail	The first and middle parts Light airs the latter fresh Breezes mostly fair weather
7	NW		6
8	N B W		4
9	North		6
10	NNE		6
11	East	2	1	Rain
12	North	2	4
1	N B W	5	2		People employd [employed] by the Boatsn [Boatswain]
2		5
3	NNW	5		NE B N	AM Hauld [hauled] the sheet cable up to serve
4	N B W 5			NE Rain
5	NW B N	6
6		6
7	NNW	6		W
8		6
9	NNW 1/2 W	6			Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 20:16 N
10	NW B W	7	2
11		7
12		7
			Dist P Log 90 Miles

Courses	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 30 W	80	69	40	20:30	43	39:56

H	Courses	K	F	Winds	Remarks on Saturday 24
1	NW 1/2 N	4		NE B N Fair
2		4
3		5
4		5
5	NW B N	5	2
6		5	2
7	NNW 1/ W	5		NE	Light breezes and fair weather a swell from the North
8		5
9		5	2
10		5	3
11		5	2
12		5	4		PM paid down the sheet cable having put on a whole cable and a cable and half serve on People variously employd [employed]
1		4	4
2	NNW 1/2 W	4		NE B N
3	NNW	4
4		3	4
5	NNW 1/2 W	3	3	NE Fair
6		3	3
7	NNW	4	4	NE B N
8		3	6
9		3	4
10		4	4
11	NW 1/2 W	4	5
12					Lat [Latitude] Obsd [Observed] 21:23

Course	Dist	X Lat	Dept	Lat Act	X Long	Long in
N 42 W	106	77	72	22:33	75	42:21

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Ship's Log of the General Goddard, between England and India, 1789-1790