40 LOG BOOK OF THE "ST. PETER" 



May 6, 1741 

 Wind from S. Gloomy weather. Seventeen men at work. On the 

 fore- topsail the hoop was repaired, on both masts the chain plates were 

 secured, and to the fore-topsail yards the gear was fitted. Water was 

 brought from shore and stowed away in its place. 



May 7, 1 741 

 Variable and uncomfortable SW wind. From shore there were brought 

 two cannon, two falconets, and three gun carriages. We did also other 

 kinds of work. 



May 8, 1741 



Wind from the NE and unsteady. Seventeen men were at work; 

 rigged the fore and main-topsail yards and topsail sheets and clew lines. 

 Stowed barrels of water in the hold, made fast two cannon, stowed 90 

 poods 3 of strip iron under the commander's cabin. 



May Q, 1741 

 Unsteady wind from the E and gloomy weather. This being the day of 

 Nikolai the Wonder-worker there was no work. 



May 10, 1 741 

 Wind from the S. Snowy weather. We hauled the ship farther from 

 shore and let out the spare anchor from the port side of the stern and did 

 other work about the ship. 



May II, 1741 

 Wind from the E. The sky was overcast, and it rained and snowed. 

 Nineteen men were at work; they brought casks of water and ten barrels 

 of salt meat which they stowed aft in the hold, and they did other work 

 as well. 



May 12, 1741 



Easterly wind with gloomy damp weather. Nineteen men were work- 

 ing. They brought aboard ship's stores. Scraped the foremast and 

 worked on the rigging. There was in the hold 7K inches of water, and 

 after pumping out there was 2K inches left. 



May 13, 1 741 

 Wind from the S and unsteady. Seventeen men were at work bringing 

 casks of water and stores from shore, polishing the foremast, putting in 

 place the running rigging. Today we corrected the compasses with the 

 meridian line — six of these compasses had a variation of K rhumb east, 

 and one ordinary steering compass in a copper case had ^ rhumb east. 



3 A pood is equal to 40 Russian pounds, or 36 lbs. avoirdupois. 



