[St.
Helena to England]
Little wind and hot, Sultry weather. In the P.M. observed, meerly
for the sake of Observing, an Eclipse of the Sun. In the A.M. brought
another Foretopsail to the Yard, the old one being quite wore out.
Wind East-South-East; course North 32 1/2 degrees West; distance 85 miles;
latitude 0 degrees 14 minutes South, longitude 19 degrees 43 minutes
West.
Joseph Banks Journal
Our
trade begins now to slacken very much. A man of war bird was seen.
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