Folio 7: Sunday 21 January 1821: Mr Glubb preformed divine service in presence of...

Folio 7: Sunday 21 January 1821: Mr Glubb preformed divine service in presence of all the convicts, having the guard and ship's company by their arms throughout the service the convicts were most orderly and with much apparent devotion.

Folio 8: Monday 22 January 1821: handcuffed James Barker and Samuel Harrison for theft one of the convicts has had property stolen to the amount of £ 2.2.6 another to 9/6 part of this property was found in Barker's possession which he says he got from Harrison.

Folio 8: Tuesday 23 January 1821: signed a receipt for fresh provisions received from T L Wills the contractor, at 11 am got under way and towed out of the harbour assisted by the boats of the sloops Camulon [Camelon] and Greecior [Greece?], wrote the Navy Board acquainting them of our going to sea.

Folio 8: Wednesday 24 January 1821: released Samuel Harrison and punished James Barker with twelve lashes.

Folio 8: Thursday 25 January 1821: took the irons off one leg of the prisoners William Comstive, John Lindley, John Peacock, Joseph Stapleton, Reuben Davey, Richard Clanson, whose conduct since on board has been orderly.

Folio 8: Saturday 27 January 1821: since Barker was punished the conduct of the whole prisoners has been most orderly, I have ordered him and Harrison to clean out the water closets and not allowed them on deck, they now express their sorrow for their conduct.

Folio 8: Sunday 28 January 1821: having expressed my regret at having recourse to that species of punishment which had been inflicted upon Barker and trusted it would be the last but should a similar crime ever be committed the same punishment would again be inflicted.

Folios 8-9: Monday 29 January 1821: let one leg out of irons of the following prisoners William Kelly, Peter Carey, John Matheson for good conduct.

Folio 9: Tuesday 30 January 1821: took one leg out of the irons of the following prisoners Ralph Jackson, William Bramwich, John Seaman, Richard Addy, John Bell, Robert Greenhill, William Thompson, William Sammers for good conduct, and put both legs on Thomas Wooley again in irons for refusing to do his duty.

Folio 9: Saturday 3 February 1821: handcuffed Peter Carey for washing his clothes in the prison contrary to orders, put the irons on both legs of William Summers and a pair of handcuffs for stealing a keg of water from one of the messes.

Folio 9: Sunday 4 February 1821: searched the prisons for two pair of trousers and a blanket, missing belonging to the guard. Found one pair of trousers in the 13th mess two of the prisoners proved them to have been brought there by the convict Robert Greenhill on Friday last, on his being ordered on deck after dinner to be handcuffed he refused to come and some of the prisoners said they would stand by him, I went into the prison and to find out those who said they would stand by him, two men pointed out William King as having placed himself before Greenhill and the other pointed out Joseph Hurst and George Thomas as having placed themselves beside King and said they would assist in detaining Greenhill, took them on deck and handcuffed sent them to prison, took one iron off one leg of John Kendall and William Singleton the two men who pointed out the offenders and the remaining iron of William Banton's other leg for his activity on this and all other occasions, and the iron off one leg of James Webster for good conduct, began to issue vinegar to settlers guard and convicts.

Folio 10: Monday 5 February 1821: Let Summers out of handcuffs, at 7 am the wife of the passenger John Foreman was delivered of a daughter. Foreman's child entered on the ship books (Jane Foreman).

Folio 10: Tuesday 6 February 1821: punished Robert Greenhill with 12 lashes and William King with 24 for crimes, let Joseph Hurst and George Thomas out of handcuffs having only one witness against them.

Folios 10-11: Sunday 11 February 1821: prayers of the day in the prison, being too much wind to have the service on deck, the sermon was written by Dr Hugh Blair, I took the liberty of introducing some passages intending to apply to them in their particular situation, they listened with the most reveled attention and I do trust that it made a powerful impression upon many of them some few of them during the reading which I said in an impressive a way as I could were affected to tears.

Folio 11: Tuesday 13 February 1821: Issued a gill of wine to each prisoner and a quarter of a pound of mustard to each mess of settlers, guard and convicts to be continued weekly and lemon juice and sugar agreeable to the proportion, ordered the latter to be continued daily.

Folio 12: Sunday 18 February 1821: at 4 am the wife of Peter McAuley one of the guard was delivered of twins a son and a daughter on the ship books today named Andrew and Jane, and half baptised Jane Foreman the child born on the 5 inst.

Folio 12: Wednesday 21 February 1821: took iron off one leg of Isaac Grundey, Edward Hughes, William Rice, William Holmes, Benjamin Rogers, Joseph Firth for good conduct, and off the remaining leg of James Wood and William Foxall for their uncommon good conduct.

Folio 13: Saturday 24 February 1821: the master of the ship suspended James Robinson, able seaman from doing any further duty for disrespectful language to the master and first mate and riotous and mutinous conduct, this his second offence of the same nature.

Folio 13: Monday 26 February 1821: at 8 pm departed this life Jane the infant daugther of Peter McAuley.

Folio 13: Tuesday 27 February 1821: committed the body of the deceased child to the deep.

Folio 13: Wednesday 28 February 1821: handcuffed William Cooper for striking a fellow prisoner.

Folio 13: Wednesday 28 February 1821: released from handcuffes William Cooper.

Folio 15: Tuesday 13 March 1821: symptoms of scurvy made their appearance in one of the convicts.

Folio 15: Wednesday 14 March 1821: on three other convicts slight symptoms of scurvy have made their appearance.

Folio 15: Thursday 15 March 1821: five more under slight symptoms of scurvy, I have therefore given the following directions to the master of the ship. [abstract of letter to the master]. Sir, The disease scurvy having attacked some of the convicts, it is my directions that you carry the convict ship into the harbour of Rio de Janeiro, it being the one nearest at hand, mooring her at some distance from the shore, completing her in water and take in other refreshments as may be then directed for arresting the progress of the disease. To which I received the following answer. [Abstract of letter to the surgeon]. Sir, I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, and am sorry to observe from the contents of it that so serious a complaint, in compliance with your request at 1 pm I have directed a course to be steered for the port of Rio Janeiro. To Mr James Wilson Surgeon & superintendant, I am, Sir Your Respectful servant, Signed Robert Weir Stopped wine from the others on account of a theft which has been committed in the large prison.

Folios 15-16: Thursday 15 March 1821: I have not succeeded in detecting the thief, things stolen 2 shirts and ten shilling and eight pence taken out of the box, the box bears the marks of a marling [marlin] spike having been used in forcing it open, prisoner John Vickers was seen with a marling [marlin] spike in the prison on the day previous of the theft, this he acknowledges, but says he know nothing of the theft, William Lemon was heard telling money in the middle of the same night, I have handcuffed them both.