Friday 23 December 1836

Friday, Dec^r 23. Fresh breezes & fine. Wind Easterly variable.
1.30. Tacked. 6.40. Tacked. 8. Mod^e & fine. Miles run,
100 + 16075 = 16175. Lat^e 35E21′ S^o. Long^e 135E45′. E^t.
P.M. Light winds & fine. 1. Tacked. 3. Wind ESE.
Set stud^g sails. 6.30. Shortened sail. Wind very light. Sent
a boat ahead to sound, running to the N^o between Williams’s
island & Thistle island. 10. Passed Williams’s island. A fine
moonlight night. Standing up towards Port Lincoln: Going
about 1 knot. Struck a porpoise with the harpoon, & haul-
-ed him in. Ate a piece of him (not bad.) 12. Light airs.