Friday, October 4th

Wind dead South with fresh breeze. Heat almost gone and in the evening rather chilly. The Yankee sail is hull down astern and to leeward. A barque (Cressy, of course) in our weather quarter the greater part of the day. The Torquay figs have put out two young leaves each, which grow apace. Passengers begin to feel the increase of wind and some are very seasick. Prepared contribution to the Cockroach, which will hardly, in my opinion, appear this week. Lat. 4.51 at noon. The hens are supposed to have laid again, but both eggs and nest eggs have gone. I am obliged to deprive Bob of his nightly run, as during his prowl last night page 41he retrieved a large piece of salt pork—this in addition to the mauling of a dead pig a few nights ago, has been the occasion of his sentence. He bears confinement and heat wonderfully well. Began The Voyages of Columbus with the intention of having some 'steady reading' now that the heat has begun to go.