91 Charles Hill
Transcribed from xerographs of his log (MR 115) kept in Josiah, Richard Stratton Captain. The dates are of course all Old Style*. Sailed October 25, 1698 for Balasore, Ceylon etc.
March Wednesday the 29th [dr 8/4] ... about 3 or 4 afternoone anchored in the bay in 7 fathom ... here found rideing 4 Dutch Ships [dr 2/4, 5/4] at 10 at night got Long boat* out & struck topmasts & Yards....
Thursday the 30th. Today struck 10 of our Gunns downe in hould gott a tunne of watter aboard....
Fryday the 31st Today sett up main shrouds & stayed mainmast gott three tunns of watter from the shore in the morning. Capt Xtoph Bussill in the Swift came in from Madagascar with Negroes for Jamaica [dr 10/4]....
Satterday Aprill 1st ... sett up fore shrouds.
Sunday the 2d ... gott up topmasts and Yards in the afternoone Capt Jno Browne [item 92] came to Anchor here at night gott in our Long boat.
Monday the 3d ... toward noone the Sidney Capt Grantham [item 93] came in in the Evning gott our long boat out.
Tuesday the 4th ... today sent the long boat to help water the Sidney.
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Satterday the 8th [dr 18/4] ... in the Morning scrubed ship unmoored & hove short* gott our long boat in & stowed at afternoone weighed with the benjamin & sidney....
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