The Mayflower And Her Log, Complete, By Azel Ames


























































































































































 -   Hence, this later volume may perhaps rightly claim to present
 - and in part to be, though necessarily imperfect - the sole - Page 4
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Hence, This Later Volume May Perhaps Rightly Claim To Present - And In Part To Be, Though Necessarily Imperfect - The Sole

And a true "Log of the MAY-FLOWER." No effort has been made, however, to reduce the collated data to

The shape and style of the ship's "Log" of recent times, whose matter and form are largely prescribed by maritime law. While it is not possible to give, as the original - if it existed - would have done, the results of the navigators' observations day by day; the "Lat." and "Long."; the variations of the wind and of the magnetic needle; the tallies of the "lead" and "log" lines; "the daily run," etc. - in all else the record may confidently be assumed to vary little from that presumably kept, in some form, by Captain Jones, the competent Master of the Pilgrim bark, and his mates, Masters Clarke and Coppin.

As the charter was for the "round voyage," all the features and incidents of that voyage until complete, whether at sea or in port, properly find entry in its journal, and are therefore included in this compilation, which it is hoped may hence prove of reference value to such as take interest in Pilgrim studies. Although the least pleasant to the author, not the least valuable feature of the work to the reader - especially if student or writer of Pilgrim history - will be found, it is believed, in the numerous corrections of previously published errors which it contains, some of which are radical and of much historical importance. It is true that new facts and items of information which have been coming to light, in long neglected or newly discovered documents, etc., are correctives of earlier and natural misconceptions, and a certain percentage of error is inevitable, but many radical and reckless errors have been made in Pilgrim history which due study and care must have prevented.

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