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LOG BOOK OF THE "ST. PETER" 



May 31, 1741 



Topsail SSE wind, cloudy weather, and occasional sunshine. Eight 

 o'clock in the evening the wind was from the SE but changeable. The 

 longboat, in charge of the quartermaster and six men, was sent ashore for 

 water and returned at two o'clock in the night with the water. At six in 

 the morning the wind was from the NE ; we hoisted the prayer flag when 

 the gun was fired, let out a quarter of a cable on the small bower anchor. 



While the ship was in the harbor it was loaded with all kinds of supplies, 

 materials, and provisions which were needed for our sea voyage. The 

 table below gives the kind and quantity of the cargo which we took aboard 

 the St. Peter. At the stern the ship drew 9 feet 5 inches, at the stem 9 feet 

 4 inches of water, difference of one inch. In addition there is the small 

 bower anchor with a half cable, the longboat, and the small yawl, all of 

 which are in the water. 



Table of the Materials, Supplies, and Provisions Taken on Board 

 THE "St. Peter" for the Sea Voyage 



Ballast 



Strip iron 



G-"s I-"/ :::::::: 



Beef 



Barrels { Butter 



[Pork 



Salt 



Flour 



Water (barrels, large) 



Water (barrels, middle and small) 



Wood 



Hardtack (sacks) 



Powder 



Cannon balls 



Cartels 



Cannon (3 pounders) 



Cannon (2 pounders) 



Falconets 



Russian 

 Pounds 



17K 



37 



30 



20 



20 



20 * 



June I, 1 7 41 

 At one o'clock topsail SSE wind, sun is shining. At five o'clock a very 

 light wind from the E, which shifted to ESE by eight o'clock. We raised 

 the small bower anchor in order to look at it and then let it go again. The 

 lighthouse bears SE, the native summer huts in the harbor NKE. During 

 the whole twenty-four hours the winds veered back and forth between S 

 and E. In the hold there are four inches of water. 



* A total of 4,907 poods and 24K Russian pounds (40 pounds to the pood), or about 

 88M tons. 



