86 John Dorrill
(See also item 80.) Transcribed from xerographs of his log (MR 104) kept in Charles the Second, now homeward from Bombay and Surat. The dates are of course Old Style*.
Fryday 15th [April 1698: dr 25/4]. Before yesterday afternoon 1 Clock; It clearing up over the Land we made the Table hill over the Cape ... Varia [Declination*] Wt. 11o 15 ... at 8 it Clearing we saw the Table hill bearing Et, Charles's mount Et½No & Chapmans Chase ESEt½So ... we bent our Cables, unstowed our Anchors, & gott all our Quarters & Guns cleare, not knowing who we may meet going in, it being much suspected that the ffrench should lurke about the Cape....
About 4 Clock in the afternoon ... we Gott into Sadinia or Table Bay in company with the Sceptar [no log] & Sidny [item 87], which was the ship we have had sight of some Days; She came from Madras the 29th of January; we anchored in 7½ fa. the middle of the Table hill bearing SbWt, the outer part of Green point, WbNo, & the body of Pengwin Island NobWt½Wt, we found riding here 9 Sayle of Dutch homeward bound Ships [as dr 8/5], 1 Deane Ship from Europe [dr 4/4], & 2 french Ships [dr 11/4, 19/4], which was formerly the Seymore & Success, who brings out the Joyfull news of peace over all Europe.
Saturday 16th ... we have this Day overhalled some part of our Rigging, yards & Topmasts being Downe; healed & Scrubbed our Ship's bottom, & stopt two leaks we had between our two lower Harpins* on each Bow, the Oacomb being washt out of ye seam each side the Stem; & gott our Caske* ready to fetch water ... in the afternoon came in a small Dutch ship from Zeloan [dr 26/4].
Sunday 17th ... gott off 2 boats load of water....
Tuesday 19th. ffaire weather these 2 Days past ... gott 4 boats of water from the
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