Saturday 2nd Winds at NW and North. PM a Gentle breeze the remainder Strong gales and hazey, with much rain towards noon. Between 2 and 4 AM the gunner having the Charge of the watch, he together with Alexr Simpson, Richd Littleboy and                found means to take, took out of the Spirit Cask, on the qaurter deck between 10 and 12 Gallons of Rum being the whole that was in the Cask they were caught in the very fact and part of the Rum was found in the their possession        Gunner Collin. The three men I punished with 12 lashes each but as to the Gunner who really desserved the whole upon his back is from his Drunkeness become the only useless person on board the Ship — I not only punished them with 12 Lashes each but stoped their allowance until it amounts to the quantity stolen

At 8 AM hoisted out the Long-boat and set her a Shore for water and the Pinnace to haul the Seine; but they had not got well a Shore before it began to blow and rain very hard; this occasioned them to return on board with one turn of water and but a very few fish —