Friday 6 May 1836

We have had a smart Breeze from E,N,E, since Tuesday
with delightful Weather, and this Day at Noon, were abreast
of S^t Antonio, one of the Cape Verd, Islands which
was about 15 Miles distant, on the larboard Side, we then
had a Calm, that cont^d for about an Hour, after which
a clever Breeze sprang up again, nearly due East   _____
The Sun has been nearer to us this Day, than it is
expected to be again during the Passage, being perpendicular
above our Heads at Noon, but I have often felt more
heat in England, than we have experienced here yet   _____