continuation of The 8th: rain at midday the accounted course and distance was E: 25 mile the accounted S: Lat: 30: degs 6: mts: longitude 119: degs: 17:mts: found S: Lat: 30 degs: 15: mts: after the noon in the evening and at night the wind at N:N:W: N:W: by N: stiff reefed topS: Brze: scudding sky at 8 o’clock dies the Sergeant Christoffel Blanke from Venloo, to date direct our course N:E: by E: and shift the compasses from 10: degs: to 5: degs: N:-westering severe lightning all around

the 9th: do: In the morning and before the noon the wind at N:W: N:W: by W: W: by N: W: stiff reefed topS: Brze: showery also lower Crses Brze: with rain and lightning at S:W: W:, N:W: heavy gathering sky but again clearing at midday accounted the course N:E: by E: 30 miles accounted S: Lat: 29 degs: 8 mts: longitude 121 degs: 12 mts: found S: Lat: 29: degs: 6 mts: after the midday steered Crse: with S:W: by W: wind accounted to sail until the evening at 8 o’clock and to have then traversed 10 miles and then to resolve with the others to stand at N:N:W: further after noon good weather topS: breeze reefed do: with sunset the steersman Joris Folkson provisionally appointed as under steersman was sent to the topmast besides 2 good sailors called Jan de Bolande and Dirk Theunissen to thoroughly look out but could see nothing plied under shortened sail about half to eight o’clock So come I skipper Jan Steijns with the under merchant Jan Nebbens out of my hut onto the half deck asking the steersman Joris Forqueson who as then had the watch what is that one sees over there, upon which answering myself my God it are breakers Starboard your Rudder then—
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