ssion.

Tuesday 19.

Very bad weather and constant rain. At noon latitude by account 14
degrees 37 minutes south; course since yesterday north 81 degrees west,
distance 100 miles; longitude made 24 degrees 30 minutes west. With the
allowance of bread and water served half an ounce of pork to each person
for dinner.

Wednesday 20.

Fresh breezes east-north-east with constant rain, at times a deluge.
Always baling.

At dawn of day some of my people seemed half dead: our appearances were
horrible, and I could look no way but I caught the eye of someone in
distress. Extreme hunger was now too evident, but no one suffered from
thirst, nor had we much inclination to drink, that desire perhaps being
satisfied through the skin. The little sleep we got was in the midst of
water, and we constantly awoke with severe cramps and pains in our bones.
This morning I served about two teaspoonfuls of rum to each person and
the allowance of bread and water as usual. At noon the sun broke out and
revived everyone. I found we were in latitude 14 degrees 49 minutes
south; longitude made 25 degrees 46 minutes west; course south 88 degrees
west distance 75 miles.

All the afternoon we were so covered with rain and salt water that we
could scarcely see. We suffered extreme cold and everyone dreaded the
approach of night. Sleep, though we longed for it, afforded no comfort:
for my own part I almost lived without it.

Thursday 21.

About two o'clock in the morning we were overwhelmed with a deluge of
rain. It fell so heavy that we were afraid it would fill the boat, and
were obliged to bale with all our might. At dawn of day I served a larger
allowance of rum. Towards noon the rain abated and the sun shone, but we
were miserably cold and wet, the sea breaking constantly over us so that,
notwithstanding the heavy rain, we had not been able to add to our stock
of fresh water. Latitude by observation 14 degrees 29 minutes south, and
longitude made by account from Tofoa 27 degrees 25 minutes west; course
since yesterday noon north 78 degrees west 99 miles. I now considered
myself nearly on a meridian with the east part of New Guinea.

Friday 22.

Strong gales from east-south-east to south-south-east, a high sea, and
dark dismal night.

Our situation this day was extremely calamitous. We were obliged to take
the course of the sea, running right before it and watching with the
utmost care as the least error in the helm would in a moment