Employ'd taking on board Provisions and Water; this last is put on board at 5 shillings a Leager or 150 Gallons.
Saturday, 15th.

In the P.M.

anchor'd here the Earl of Elgin, Captain Cooke, an English East India Company Ship from Madras, bound to China, but having lost her passage, put in here to wait for the next Season.
Sunday, 16th, Monday, 17th.

Employ'd taking on board Provisions; Scraping and Painting the Ship.
Tuesday, 18th.

Gentle breezes and fair weather.