That didn't seem to little Jacob to be enough to say about the porpoises. He sighed and turned to another day.
October 5, 1796. 11 days out. Comes in Fresh breezes and a rough sea fr. S. & E. Spoke Brig Transit of Workington fr.—S. Salvador for Hamburg. Middle & latter part moderate with clear skies and beautiful weather. Ran into some weed and running threw it off and on all day.
| Courses | ESE 98 m. | Wind strong fr. N. & E., |
| moderating to gentle airs. | ||
| SSE. 54 m. | Observatn., | |
| —— | Lat. 30 22 N. Long. 47 30 W. | |
| 152 |
And it seemed to little Jacob that it was a shame to say no more than that about that strange Seaweed Sea and the curious things that were to be found in it. But it was Captain Solomon's log and not little Jacob's. He turned to another day, to see what there was about the flying fish.
October 11, 1796. 17 days out of Boston. Comes in with good fresh Trades and flying clouds. Middle & latter part much the same. Saw a ship standing on our course. Not near enough to speak her. At daylight passed the ship abt. 5 miles to windward. All proper sail spread.
Great numbers of Flying Fish (Sea Swallows) all about the ship, and the men imploy'd in catching them. It gave the men much pleasure and a deal of sport and the Fish very good eating.
Course SSE 203 miles. Wind NE. strong, Trades. Observatn., Lat. 18 10 N. Long. 37 32 W.
Chronometer loses too much.
Took Spica and Aquila at 7 p. m., Long. 35 30 W.
Little Jacob didn't know what Spica and Aquila were, and he asked Captain Solomon.