110 Motor Schooner 'France' November and December 1924. Sunday 23rd W½ Variable blowing hard with heavy Lightning Thunder and continuous heavy rain Bar 29.88 Pump anchor watch and light attentions to. Monday 24th Wind and weather as yesterday during the night moderating at 6 am when landed Science party. employed cutting lushy lots and stems in Main deck Surfing poop deck etc. Pump & light attended to. By 1½ Wesday 25th Variable between N½ S New Light airs Bar 30.05 Science party having a good day ashore crew employed scrubbing cleaning painting etc pump light att. Wednesday 26th Light SE fine Bar 30.10 5.30 Am left for Mukele where landed party at 1 Pm. Found Northern Table supposed to be 40ft high stripped of all vegetation 4 Pm Left Mukumu for Nuku Mbasenga Pump light and lookout attended to. Engine worked 4 hours Thursday 27th SE Mod fine Bar 30.10 NE swell 8am anchored in 8 fms off Nuku Mbasenga and landed party 1 Pm all aboard left for Nuku Sername where landed Mr Beck at 3 Pm. Finding nothing to collect left at 4 Pm for Ngele Lave Island where anchored in the Bay in 10 fms at 7 Pm. Pump anchor watch and light attentions to. Engine worked 5 hours. Friday 28th 5:30 Am started to beat up to anchorage where anchored and landed party at 7.30 Am. A squally SE wind Bar 30.06. 4 men ashore all day. Pump light and anchor watch attended to. Saturday 29th A equally dirty night SE winds with Lightning Thunder and an almost continuous heavy down- pour of rain. 5:30 Am Reefed M.S. - F.S. and left for Batauma Island - Bar 30.04. Anchored off the N.W. point at 9.30 Am and landed party. crew employed getting firewood off an old wreck and variously. Pump anchor watch and light attended to. 111 Motor Schooner 'France' November and December 1924. Sunday 30th Had a squally dirty night. SE wind from 8.00 6 am left for Thikombia. 11 am off Thikombia Wind increased to a gale with thunder Lightning and a tremendous downpour of rain. Wind increasing in force double reefed M.S. F.S. said I have to heading SE by. Sighted Cape Under Light at 9 Pm Pump lights and lookout attended to Engine worked 1 hour. Monday December 1st 1 am Moderating Bar 29.94. Stook one reef out. 4 Am Bar 29.85. 8 Am Fresh SE gale Bar 29.92. Found too much sea at anchorage so stood away to the N.W and where effected a landing at 9 am. Ship standing off and on. All aboard at 9.30 Pm when left for Rambi Pump lights lookout attended to Engine worked 1½ hour. Tuesday December 2nd SE to ESE strong breeze Bar 30.00. Beating to windward. Have to go W of Cape Linda looking for birds for Showa Made Georgia Channel at 7 Pm and stood off & on for the night Engine worked ½ hour. Wednesday Dec 3rd Light SE Bar 30.01. 7 Am anchored in Virginia Cove Rambi Island in 8 fms and landed party. Crew employed scrubbing grass off bottom Rep. topsail and jibs. Bent new inner jib and variously. Pump anchor watch & light attended to. Engine worked ½ hour. Thursday 4th Fresh SE Bar 29.99. Employed scraping and oiling top of Cabin & Quarterdeck. All aboard at 4 Pm when left for Kio Sol where anchored in big Bay off house at 6:30 Pm. Pump anchor watch light attended to Engine worked ½. Friday 5th Light variable SE Bar between 29.84 at 5am and 30.00 at noon. Science starts ashore at 6am. men away all day with the out but caught no fish. Mr Fisher Collector of Customs Mbute Bay came aboard warning us about the likelihood of a hurricane and painted out a safe anchorage he also gave us some fruit from the shore. Pump light and anchor watch attended to.