continuation of the 5th: schouw moved to the other islands to look if seals were to be obtained there, and towards midday came back with 14 each of them to the joy of all of us, after noon and at night the wind north to W:N:W: fresh and reefed topS:
Breeze clear sky good weather

the 6th: In the morning and before noon the wind W:N:W: to W: by S: reefed topS: Breeze overcast sky with rain around 9. o’clock the boat came back at the island bringing along the person
named Sijmon Hendrik Meijer sailor, who yesterday evening had come with a raft from the wreck having had with him on the raft a half leaguer bread a half aum brandy a half aum sweet oil a small cask wine tint and a small barrel butter which victuals we laid up and departed the boat again from the island after noon and at night
the wind W:N:W: to W:S:W: topGalt: and topS: Breeze good weather see the boat lying at an island to the S:E: form our island

the 7th: In the morning and before the noon the wind west and W:S:W: topGalt: Breeze with rain around 8 o’clock we see the boat come in tacking and came around 2 o’clock after noon at the Island bringing along a raft which had been sent from aboard but miss-drifted the reef find thereon a barrel bread wholly wet, and three empty aums they also found drifting a barrel bread but
entirely wet the night before they had lain at another island that lay at S:E: from us about
2. miles and from there had seen land at S:E:, on estimate trending a good 3 miles the length South and West