Cape Good Hope 1652-1702

47 John Hallwell

Transcribed from xerographs of log MR 72, kept in Susannah, from Balasore ‘towards England’. His dates are of course Old Style*.

Tusday 15 [May] ... Mangofullaces [Mangas de Velludo, Velvet Sleeves] seen and black birds with whit bills [Cape Hens]....

Thursday 17 Last night att 4 a cloke wee saw Cape de gulles bearing NbE about 12 Leagues of ... att 5 this morning wee haled up ENE the wind att SE to goe In for Cape bonn Esperance pray god send us well in....

Friday 18th These 24 hours ... wee haue stood two and fro butt cannot fetch into the Cap ... att this day noone wee haue sight of a flag upon a Sugar Loafe which as they say mackes the bay wherethe shipps rides seuerall sealles seen and flocks of pigeons [Cape Doves].

Satturday 19 ... rainey durty weather and foggy lickewisse wee tacked and stood off....

Sunday 20 [still in sight of Table Mountain].

Munday 21. Last night att 10 a Clock the wind being Contrary att NNWt a consultation [Council*] was Called which was agd on to goe in for Cap Bonn Esprance ... thincking itt more conviently to tacke in Watter and refreshments here then to trust to St. Hellena, att 2 a Clock this day itt being foggy weather ... we brought to and houe

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our Lead feinding 20 fatham wattr ... and then itt pleased god to Cleere up a Littell Wee saw the Iland of Pinguin and Immediatly afterwards wee saw the Shipps in the road being in all 7 Saille 3 bound homeward [dr 8/4, 9/4] the rest ellce where bearings of Land att anchor the Westermost Land [Mouille Point] West the towne SSW and the fort under the Body of the Table Land SbWt [dr 31/5]....

Tussday 22th. The 3 ducth shipps which ware homeward bound sett saylle this morning, one great square sterne shipp with a flagg* att toppmast head the other 2 fligh boats [flyboats*]: all 3 come from Zealon-our boat went ashore this day to aquainte the gouernr of our wants which wast watter and fresh prouisions who ciuilly made

answer wee may haue whatt the place aforded [sic: see dr 31/5].

Wednessday 23th. the wind blowing hard att SE these 24 hours.

[Then nothing until:]

Wednesday 30 [dr 8/6]. This morning att 6 acloake haueing taeken In our Watter and other Nessesaryes wee waid ancher....

[The log ends on June 25.]