Journal of a Voyage from New London to the North West coast of America in the Whale Ship Vesper Captain Clark Tuesday 15 September the ----- 15 1846 {1846/09/15} at 6 Am hove short and made sail at half past 6 hove up the anchor and got under way with a moderate breeze got abreast of the light one of the boat stears Jumpt over bord and made for the shore hove the head yards a back and lowered a boat and got him the Pilot left us at 2 Pm at 5 took in the Flying Jib main royal and fore and mizon top gallant sails at 10 furled the main top gallant sail and double reeft the top sails strong breezes through the night Wednesday 16 {1846/09/16} fresh gales at 5 shook out the reefs and set top gallant sails and sent a man to the mast head to look out for Whale at 8[?] Am set Larboard top mast studding sail and main top gallant studding sail corse E Thursday 16 {1846/09/17} fresh breezes took took in the studding sails at 10 Am took in the top gallant sails at 3 Pm double reeft the top sails strong breezes througt the night wind S corse E [end of page log955_001.gif] Remarks on board Friday September 18, 1846 Friday 18 {1846/09/18} Commencet with a gale from the SE at 2[?] Am the main sail fore and mizon top sail and jib and clost reeft the main topsail at 7[?] Am took in the fore sail and main top sail and lay to through the day and night with a heavy sea and rain 19 {1846/09/19} wind hauled to the NW a heavy sea from the SE at 2 Am set a clost reeft main top sail and fore sail at 6 Am set fore and mizon top sails clost reeft at 9 Am shook out all the reefs and set top gallant sails and main sail at 10 got all sail on the ship top mast and top gallant studding sails at 9 Am the wind hauled to the eastward took in the studding sails and braced the yards wind light and variable through the night from NNW to NNE Lat obs 37 26 Long 66 35 #s037 26N#e $s066 35W$e 20 {1846/09/20} wind NE strong breezes and squally and a heavy swell from the S at 2 Am took in main royal and Flying Jib at 5 Am took in top gallant sails and reeft the mizon topsail at 4 Pm tact ship and stood to the N made all sail light air through the night course made ESE 21 {1846/09/21} light air from the N at 6 Pm lowered the boats to learn the green hands to pull through the night calm 22 {1846/09/22} wind W course E set top mast top gallant and lower studding sails all hands imployed in putting on chafeing gear baflin wind through the night [end of page log955_002.gif] Remarks on board 23 {1846/09/23} light wind and baflin N to NNE and squally all hands employed in ships duty and fitting the boats grinding irons and lances and so on 24 {1846/09/24} wind baflin from NE to S imployed in setting up the head stays light breezes through the nite 25 {1846/09/25} baflin wind from S to SSE course E throught the night light wind and cloudy 26 {1846/09/26} wind SSE course E strong breezes and squally took in topgallant sails at 5 Pm wind steady set the top gallant sails [end of page log955_003.gif] September the 27 1846 {1846/09/27} September 27 strong gales cloudy weather saw a sail sanding to the Eastard at 2 Pm took in the top gallant sails at 8 took in a single reef at at 10 Pm double reeft corse ESE Wind SSW Lat by obs 38=01 N September 28 {1846/09/28} strong gales from the SSW at 6 shook out one reef at 8 Pm set hoal[?] top sails at 1 Pm set top gallant sails at 3 Pm set studding sails saw three sails standing too the Westard Tuesday 29 {1846/09/29} moderate gales and cloudy weather at 10 freshind at 2 Pm took in the top gallant sails at 2 squally Wednesday 30 {1846/09/30} fresh gales and thick cloudy weather at 2 Am double reeft the top sails at 3 squaaly and rainy wind SSW we ware steering to the SE with a strong gale rough sea hoysted up the lee boats too keep from roaling under [end of page log955_004.gif] October Thursday the first 1846 {1846/10/01} Lat Long October 1 Strong gales and thick cloudy weather with rain under double reeft top sails at 9 Am shook out the reefs and set fore and main top gallant sails at 3 Pm set top mast and top gallant studding sails wind SW corse SE by S Lattitude 27 N Friday 2 {1846/10/02} Wind WSW corse ES moderate breezes at half past seven saw a sperm Whale at 8 lowered and gallied the Whale up on chaiseing and saw a school chaist and the waist boat got fast hove the boat sail overboard fild the boat up to the thaughts with water and the line running on in bunches kild the whale and took him along side at noon got dinner and got up the cutting gear and at 3 Pm hookt on the Whale the the blanket pease tore out twice and ___ came on so took in sail and let the Whale lay along side splict the main brace and got supper [whale stamp with "87" written inside] Saturday 3 {1846/10/03} strong breezes at 5 Pm called all hands and wore ship to cut to the leward at 8 got off the head at 12 got in the boddy at 8 Pm had had the Junk an and the case baild made sail and steard hur hur course SE wind WSW [end of page log955_005.gif] October the forth 1846 {1846/10/04} Saturday/Sunday 4 strong gales and cloudy weather course E by N at 8 started the works and comence on the junk at noon got the Junk cut up and in casks strong gales and squally through the night Sunday/Monday 5 {1846/10/05} Moderate breezes and drizel wind WSW course ESE at 8 Pm coold down the Whale made betwen 85 and 90 bls Monday/Tuesday 6 {1846/10/06} moderate breezes and plesant corse ESE wind WSW at 5 Pm made the land one of the western or azore Island at 5 Pm got up the chains and bent them stood off and on all night Wednesday 7 {1846/10/07} moderate breezes stood in shore at 8 Am the cpt went ashore at ___ all hands a on deck a coopering the Oil in the afternoon strong breezes and heavy squalls with rain took in the top gallant sails and double reeft the top sails it came on so heavy had too keepe bur before it down between Fayal and Pico the wind ha around so came back at 6 Pm the capt came a bord stood of and on night 1852 Arrived home March 8 {1852/03/08} ??? hove in sight and hauld along side of the old Shanty found the old Man in the Shop making mop handles and the old lady on the chair thinking of her past troubles [end of page log955_006.gif] Friday/Thursday 9 {1846/10/09} Strong breezes at 7 Am called all hands too anchor, clost in under the land the wind dropt off, so lowered three boats too tow the ship in the lighter came off too take the Oil so gave up anchoring its being moderate the capt went ashore with a boat composing of three[?] boats se __ and the ship ceeper[?] and one foremast hand and second mate the ship discharged of the oil and the oil gauged by 4 Pm the capt came on bord and wore ship and stood too sea with prety near all hands prety well how cane you so unbent the chains and stowed them be low while stowing below some words past with the mate and one of the fore mast hands and was some blows past but nothing very sear[?] landed 87 and 7 gallons of oil got too bls of Wine a hundred punkins some fouls and apples had but 4 or 5 men too stand a watch 10 {1846/10/10} strong breezes and squally wind Westly course S 11 {1846/10/11} moderate and plesant course S [end of page log955_007.gif] October Atlantic Ocean Saturday 13 {1846/10/13} moderat and plesant wind Westly course S 14 {1846/10/14} moderat breezes and thick cloudy weather at 4 Am squally took in the top galiant sails and hauld up the main sail at half past four set the main sail at 7 set the top gallant sails and flying jib at half past 7 saw Fin Backs at 9 Pm took in top mast studding sail and top gallant sails squally through the night 15 {1846/10/15} strong breeze and squally wind E course S by W carrying top mast studding sail 16 {1846/10/16} wind E course S by W moderate breezes at 7 Am a steamer past us showing English colors standing to the Eastward with fore top mast studding sails on both sides at 2 Pm spoke a French Brig sent too men to the mizon mast head for fighting strong breezes and squally [end of page log955_008.gif] October the seventeenth 1846 {1846/10/17} 17 moderate and squally wind E course S by E middle part strong breezes and squally with rain 18 {1846/10/18} moderate breezes and cloudy at 4 Am strong breezes at 8 Am driz at 2 Pm took in the flying jib and main top gallant studding sail at 5 Pm parted the foot roup of the fore top gallant sail clewd up and unbent it at half past 5 took in main and mizon top gallant sails and fore top mast studding sail wind SSE[?] 19 {1846/10/19} wind SE by E strong breezes and cloudy weather at 6 Am saw a sail standing too the Northward at quarter past 6 set main top gallant sail at 7 Am sent up fore top gallant sail and bent it and set it at 2 Pm saw a sail standing too the Westward at 7 Pm took in the fore top gallant sail at 11 more moderat set fore and mizon top gallant sails and flying jib at half past 11 calm and rainy [end of page log955_009.gif] October 21 {1846/10/21} wind ESE moderate breezes and cloudy at 3 Am wind NE and and rainy at 6 wind baflin and nearly calm at half past six saw land off the larboard bow distant 30 miles St Antony one of the Cape Verde island at 10 Am wind WSW cour S by W saw a sail standing to the N and W at 9 Pm calm at 11 rain 22 {1846/10/22} wind SSE stood to the ESE moderat breezes and cloudy three island insight Fogo Bravo and St Jago[?] one bearing SSW one SE by E and one S at 8 Pm calm Fogo N Point Lat 14§ 57 Long 24 22 W #s014 57N#e $s024 22W$e Bravo S point 14 50 N Long 24 23 at 9 Pm set studding sails 23 {1846/10/23} wind course the land insight distant 29 miles at noon moderate breezes and pleasant at 1 Am sent one boat off too learn the green hands too pull at 5 Pm set a signal for them too come on board at 8 wind E stood clost in too Fogo at 10 Pm Fogo bore W distant 2 miles past between Fogo and St Jago stearind SSE at mid night course S by W [end of page log955_010.gif] October 24 {1846/10/24} moderate breezes from the ENE course S by W Fogo bearing NW St Jago bearing NE 1/3 E 25 {1846/10/25} wind NE course S b W moderate breezes and pleasant set top mast top gallant and lower studding sails 26 {1846/10/26} wind E N course S by W moderate breezes and pleasant weather at 6 Am saw a sail steering to the SSE 27 {1846/10/27} wind E by S course S 1/2 E strong breezes and cloudy at 6 Am squally with rain at half past 7 split the lower studding sail 8 took in topmast studding sail top gallant studding sail and flying jib saw a brig showing Spanish colors at half past 11 moderate set the top gallant sails at 6 Pm set flying jib 28 {1846/10/28} wind S moderate breezes and cloudy saw two sails 29 {1846/10/29} wind baflin from S to SE saw a sail to the Northward showing American colors [end of page log955_011.gif] October 30 {1846/10/30} wind baflin moderate breezes and calm saw four sails at 10 Pm strong breezes from the southard at midnight saw a school of Black Fish clost too the ship 30 {1846/10/31} moderate breezes and cloudy and raind in torrents and but a little are the rain fell as straight as a loons leg at seven bells cleard up with a moderate breeze from the [end of page log955_012.gif] November the first 1846 {1846/11/01} 1 calm and squally and plenty of rain too sails insight at 4 Pm ship showing American collors at midnight spoke har the Carter Braxton of Provincetown fifty days out clean 2 {1846/11/02} light winds and squally two sails insight the night was dark and stormy piles of black and threatening clouds around the horizon and not a breath of are to fill the sails and the rain fell in torrents 3 {1846/11/03} calm and rainy three sails insight at 5 Pm saw a large school of Porpoireses supposed to be spurm whales when first saw them light are from the set studding sails 4 {1846/11/04} calm and plenty of rain at 3 Pm squally at 10 Pm moderate breezes from the SSE 5 {1846/11/05} wind SSE moderat and squally three sails insight 6 {1846/11/06} wind S by E moderate breezes saw three sails at 11 Am aship part a head of us standing too the N showing English colors 7 {1846/11/07} strong breezes and cloudy wind S by E course SW [end of page log955_013.gif] November the Eight 1846 {1846/11/08} 8 strong breezes from the SSE course SW by S at first part squally and rain took in the studding sails and flying jib at 3 Am set topmast studding sail strong breezes and clear at 8 Am set flying jib at 10 Am set topgallant studding sail at noon Lat 46 miles S 9 {1846/11/09} wind SSE course SW by S strong breezes and cloudy weather wind SE course strong breezes and squally with rain middle and later part clear 10 {1846/11/10} wind SE by E course SSW strong breezes saw a sail standing to the S and W 11 {1846/11/11} wind SE course SSW strong breezes 12 {1846/11/12} wind SE course SSW strong breezes and cloudy painted the boats at 5 Pm saw a school of Spurm Whale three miles asturn wore ship but could not get to them before dark [end of page log955_014.gif] 14 {1846/11/14} wind NE course S by W strong breeze and squally and torrents of rain at 5 Pm carried away the end of the main top gallant yard too feet inside the sheave hole 15 {1846/11/15} moderate breezes and drizzling rain wind N course S by W sent down the main top gallant yard and sent up another at 4 Pm saw Whales lowerd three boats and pulled for them proved to be Hump Backs 16 {1846/11/16} wind W course SSW moderate and calm 17 {1846/11/17} moderate breezes wind NNE course SSW 18 {1846/11/18} wind NNE course SSW strong breezes at 8 Am squally with wih rain at noon moderat at 4 light air and calm at 8 Pm one of the boat steerer had a fit 19 {1846/11/19} wind baflin and moderate at 5 Pm wore ship wind SSE and nearly calm 20 {1846/11/20} wind SSE light air and a heavy swell on saw a number of Albetros and Dolphin caught a Albetros and three Dolphin latter part calm [end of page log955_015.gif] 21 {1846/11/21} calm latter light air from the SSE at 5 Pm caught two Dolphins saw a nomber of gonys 22 {1846/11/22} light air SSE at noon calm at 3 Pm moderate breezes from the SE course S from 3 to 5 saw 12 or 14 water spouts some of them within a half a mile of the ship 23 {1846/11/23} wind SSE course S moderate and pleasant latter part cloudy 24 {1846/11/24} wind SSE course S moderate breezes 25 {1846/11/25} wind NNE course S strong breezes and thick fog at 8 Am lit up at 3 Pm past a tar 26 {1846/11/26} wind NNE course S by W strong breezes and thick fog latter part rain 27 {1846/11/27} wind NNE course S by W strong breezes and thick fog at 8 Pm wind back to the SSW at 10 Pm wind NW 28 {1846/11/28} wind NNE course S by W strong breezes saw Fin Backs at 12 saw a Whale and plenty of feed lowerd and chaist until 3 very rugged ship under hole topsails at 7 Pm double reeft and took in the jib at 10 Pm took in the mainsail at 11 had a heavy squall and plenty of rain the squall struck [end of page log955_016.gif] Banks ship on the starboard bow hard up the helm and up hur be fore the wind which blew a gale took in fore and mizon top sails and hove to Lat 39 21 Long 40 #s039 21S#e $s040 00W$e 29 {1846/11/29} wind W heavy gales at 8 set fore top sail double reeft at 10 set the main sail at 4 Pm set mizon top sail single reeft and jib 30 {1846/11/30} wind WSW strong breezes and a heavy swell on and squally with rain at 10 more moderate set main top gallant sail at 12 saw Fin Backs at 3 Pm caught a Po latter part light air and hazy 31 {1846/11/31} strond breezes southward and westward 1 {1846/12/01} strong breezes wind SSW and squally took in top gallant sai top gallant sails and double reeft top sai 2 {1846/12/02} strong breezes wind SSW under whole topsails at 8 Am more moderate shook out the reefs and set top gallant sails 3 {1846/12/03} wind baflin and light set studding sails and squared the yards shifted fore and main top sails at 7 Pm strong breezes at 8 Pm took in lower studding sail flying jib and main royal at half past 11 double reeft the fore and mizon topsails [end of page log955_017.gif] Dec 4 {1846/12/04} wind NNW course W by S stong breezes and cloudy under double reeft fore and mizon top sails at 1 Am double reeft the main topsail and took in the jib at shipt a heavy sea over the starboard quarter about three bells in the middle watch a heavy squall struck the ship and rain in torranc and the wind shifted suddinly to the SE and dropt off nearly calm and the heavy swell which came from the NW the ship rould heavy and the sails flaped heavy against the mast at half past 3 wore ship and set the jib at 5 made all sail light air and baflin latter part calm 5 {1846/12/05} wind NW strong breezes stood to the N and W under double reeft topsails unbent the mizon top sail and bent another 6 {1846/12/06} wind NNW course WNW strong breezes saw Fin Backs at noon saw a sun fish lowerd and struck him and took him aboard at 3 Pm carried away the slings to the main yard [marginal illustration of a sun fish?] 7 {1846/12/07} wind WNW moderate breezes and cloudy middle part calm latter light air from the E course W a heavy swell from the S the ship rolling very heavy 8 {1846/12/08} wind E course W by S 1/2 S moderate and cloudy [end of page log955_018.gif] 9 {1846/12/09} wind E course W by S 1/2 S moderate and hazy latter part calm 10 {1846/12/10} wind SSE course SW by S moderate breeze saw plenty of Fin Backs at 11 Am lowerd a boat and sounded but no sounding or bottom at fathom 11 {1846/12/11} wind N by W course SW by S strong breezes latter part moderate breezes at midnight saw a trilight off the larbord cep a way for hur at 1 spoke hur it proove too be the Atlantic of Nantucket three monts out 150 bls of spurm Long 58" 00 12 {1846/12/12} wind N by W moderate and thick fog cep the ship on the wind too keep company with the Atlantic until morning at 4 the fog cleared up the Atlantic four points of the starboard quarter at 6 the Atlantic set colors a school of spurm whales in sight at half past 6 lowerd and about about too hours the Whales going quick too the Northard the wind hauled so got a sail to bear so by pulling and sailing the waist boat struck only got a slight hold took out a bout one quarter of the line and drawed the boats 7 or 8 miles from the ship it came in thick fog lost sight of the ship they cep fireing from the ship at last found hur and got a board ar 12 cleard up at 2 Pm the Cpt went on board of the Atlantic [end of page log955_019.gif] Sunday 13 {1846/12/13} first part calm middle part moderate breezes from the N and W stood to the S charing[?] all sail at 5 saw a sparm whale about 6 miles off stood for him at 8 lowerd and the larboard quarter boat struck at 10 got him along side took in the boddy and junk at 8 took in sail Lat 44"20 [whale stamp] 14 {1846/12/14} moderat wind SSE bailed the case and started the works and cut up the junk lay by under clost reeft main top sail all day the jaw measuring 16 feet 8 inches at 7 Pm decks cleard up and washt off 15 {1846/12/15} wind NE at 4 Am made all sail and stood to the S and Westward at 7 Am spoke to the Atlantic again standing to the Eastward under double reeft top sails weather cloudy at 4 Pm rain got through boyling the body at 6 and 7 comencet on the head took in top gallant sails and double reeft the top sails at 9 Pm took in mizon topsail at midnight took in the jib and fore topsail at daylight coold down 16 {1846/12/16} wind SE lay to under double reeft main topsail and fore sail blowing very heavy and rain [end of page log955_020.gif] 17 {1846/12/17} wind SSE at 4 Am set double reet top sails and stood to the SW at 5 set whole top sails at 3 started the works saw a sail standing to the S and W at 12 set top gallant sails at 5 Pm the Cpt went on board of Scotch brig Fanny 18 {1846/12/18} wind NNE course S moderat breezes lower a boat to fish caut a dog fish and shot a sea hen soundings 60 fath 19 {1846/12/19} wind NNE course SSE moderate and plesant later calm 20 {1846/12/20} wind SSE stood to the Eastward at 6 Pm calm 21 {1846/12/21} wind SE stood to the Eastward at 2 Pm wind hauld to the NE at sundown saw land one of the Falkland islands bearing ESE cep for it at 11 Pm saw areef[?] or supposed to be wore ship at 12 Pm reeft to prouved to be a sow wester comming 22 {1846/12/22} wind SSW under double reeft topsails the land insight 4 points of the lee bow and quarter at 8 ti lookt doutful about fetching by so colcluded to run for new island and make a harbor got up the cables and bent them at 12 came to anchor a long side of the Hannible[?] of N London got dinner and went a shore a hunting [end of page log955_021.gif] 23 {1846/12/23} wind SW some went a shore and some employed in getting off sand the hunters got a few rabbits and wounded a sheep the men imployed in getting sand got 16 live rabbits the Sarah Lavinia the Han___ tender came in at 2 Pm the wind hauld to the Northward 24 {1846/12/24} wind NNW and hazy cauld all hands and hove up and towd the out of the way of the Hannible and came to annchor on the oposet side of the harbor at 7 cleard up hove short and loost the sails while in the act of making sail the haud to the Southward furld the sails and started a gooseing at 2 a bout 2 arived at quaker harbor got 50 gees at 8 turned the boats over to sleep under 25 {1846/12/25} wind W at 5 started one of the boats of a gooseing and left one boat and three men to get something to eat got about 110[?] gees 5 of them caut alive got back to the boat and fund the men aslep and nothing to eat went to work and cokt[?] some gees got some grub down and started for the ship arived at the ship at 6 Pm sent down the royal yards 26 {1846/12/26} wind NW at 4 Am cauld all hands and hove short loost the sails and single reeft the top sails hove up and got under way stowd the anchors and unbent the cables [end of page log955_022.gif] 27 {1846/12/27} wind NW course strong breezes under sail all hands imployed in picking gees 28 {1846/12/28} wind SW strong gales at 4 took in topgallant sails and settled the topsails in a squall single reeft the fore topsail and and hoysted the topsails up at half past 4 double reeft athe topsails and took in the jib at 7 bells took in the mainsail and furld the fore and mizon topsails and clost reeft the main topsail at 8 Pm more moderate set fore topsail double reeft 29 {1846/12/29} wind NW course moderate made all sail at 4 Am saw statten Land 30 {1846/12/30} wind NW course strong breezes at 1[?] Pm saw statten land at 12 clost in to the land wind baflin and cloudy at 1 wind SE strong current setting to the Eastward at 4 wind NW course SE by E {1846/12/31} wind SE moderat and cloudy at 7 squally clost in to statten land at 10 Am saw a sail standing to the Northward middle and latter part drizling rain and strong breezes stood off shore [end of page log955_023.gif] Atlantic Ocean January 1 {1847/01/01} wind SW stood to the S and E with a strong breeze and drizzling rain 2 {1847/01/02} wind SW strong breezes and drizzling rain stood to the S and E at 6 Pm wind NW course SW by S 3 {1847/01/03} wind NW course SW by S strong breezes at 1 Am carried away topmast studdingsail boom took in royal top gallant studding sail and top gallant sails at 2 Pm saw Cape Horn distant about 10 miles bearing W by S wind hauld to the SW at 3 Am set fore and main top gallant sails at 4 Am took in top gallant sails sent down main royal yard and hoysted up the lee boats at 7 bells double reeft the topsails too sails insight standing to the S and Westward at 6 Pm clost reeft the top sails blowing heavy in squalls with drizzling rain 4 {1847/01/04} wind NW strong breezes and squalls with hail under double reeft topsails stood to the S and W at 10 Am set topgallant sails 5 {1847/01/05} wind NW stood to the S and W under all sail at 6 Am took in top gallant sails at 7 single reeft the topsails fore part rain latter part clear set [end of page log955_024.gif] PACIFIC 6 {1847/01/06} wind NW stood to the S and W under clost reeft topsails at 4 Pm reeft the main sail wind hauld to the Westward course NW by N 1/2 N at 8 Pm shook out the reef in the main sail and set the jib shook one reef out of the fore and main topsails 7 {1847/01/07} wind Westerly course NW by W 1/2 N strong breezes set whole topsails at 8 Am set top gallant sails wind hauld to the SW set topmast and top gallant studding sails at 9 Pm sent up main royal yard 8 {1847/01/08} wind SW course NW moderate middle part squally wind SW stood to the Northward and Westward 9 {1847/01/09} first part calm middle part wind SW stood to the N and W under whole topsails 10 {1847/01/10} wind at NW stood to the Northward at noon saw land bearing N by W at 1 landfall island distant 17 miles bearing N tact ship and stood S and W at 10 Pm squally with rain cloud 11 {1847/01/11} wind NW stood to the S and W double reeft topsails strong gales and squally with rain [end of page log955_025.gif] 12 {1847/01/12} wind SW course NW strong breezes and squally with hail midnight more moderate thick cloudy wether and rain 13 {1847/01/13} wind NW stood to the S and W strong gales and foggy and drizzling rain at 9 Am run over a Rite Whale lowerd but saw him nomore at midday single reeft at 2 Pm double reeft at 3 water green 4 Pm in blew 14 {1847/01/14} wind NW strong breezes stood to the S and W wind hauled to the SW course NW by N under double reeft top sails 15 {1847/01/15} wind SW course NW strong breezes and squally under double reeft topsails 16 {1847/01/16} wind SW course NW strong breezes saw five sails lying to heading to the Southward 17 {1847/01/17} wind SSW strong breezes and cloudy stood to the WNW under all sail saw a Finback 18 {1847/01/18} light air from the SSW stood to the WNW at 2 Pm saw Finbacks at 6 wind NNW stood to the Westward strong breezes and squally at 8 Pm took in top gallant sails [end of page log955_026.gif] 19 {1847/01/19} wind SW strong breezes stood to the NNE strong breezes saw plenty of Finbacks at 8 double reeft the top sails and dvided the sea watches course NNE 20 {1847/01/20} wind SW stood to the NE saw plent of Finbacks at 8 stood to the NNW under double reeft topsails squally with hail at 8 took in heading to the Northward all night 21 {1847/01/21} wind WNW moderate and cloudy stood to the Northward under all sail saw plenty of Finbacks at 4 Pm tact ship and stood to the Southward and Westward 22 {1847/01/22} wind W strong breezes stood to the Northward saw plenty of Finbacks at 11 Pm tact ship and stood to the Southward and Westward at 12 took in topgallant sails at 2 Pm single reeft at 3 double reeft and took in the jib at 5 took in the mainsail at 6 clost reeft 23 {1847/01/23} wind W strong breezes course NW by N under double reeft topsails at 5 Pm single reeftopsails at noon double reeft the fore topsail at 5 Pm past a ship showing Chilian colors at 7 Pm squall with rain and hail [end of page log955_027.gif] January 24 {1847/01/24} wind SW course NNW strong breezes under single reef main fore and mizon double reeft at 6 Am set whole topsails at 10 set topgallant sails at 11 set topgallant and topmast studding sails and flying jib 25 {1847/01/25} wind SSW course NNW all sail set strong breezes and cloudy saw a Finback at 10 Pm wind hauled to the Westward bract the yards and took in the studing sails 26 {1847/01/26} wind W course N by W moderate and cloudy imployed in repaireing sails 27 {1847/01/27} wind WNW course N by W 1/2 W first part light air middle part calm saw Cow Fish lowered one boat and chasest at 5 Pm saw another school lowerd all the boats and chaset but got none shifted the topsails corser and jib 28 {1847/01/28} wind WNW course N by W1/2W moderate breezes at 10 Am saw land bearing N by E at noon the land distant 32 miles bearing N at 3 saw a sail standing to the S and W at 4 saw another standing the same at 6 took in the studding sails and fore and mizon topgallants and hauld on the wind and stood to the Eastward lay off and on all night [end of page log955_028.gif] 29 {1847/01/29} wind NW strong breezes the land about 10 miles distant at 9[?] two boats went in shore a fishing at 3 Pm came off one boat with 102 fish and4 craw fish and the other boat with 30 fish at 4 two boats went a shore and came off at 7 Pm one with 14 fish the other with none saw plenty of goats got one which fell from the mountain about 3 or 4 hundred feet two men a shore one a spanyard the other a black the last american had ben five years on the island at half past seven stood to the WSW under whole top sails landed on NW and NE side of the island the best fishing on the NE side where the two men live found the landing verry bad 30 {1847/01/30} wind SE strong breezes course WSW at 7 Pm saw Black fish lowerd three boats but got none took in topgallant sails and hauld up the mainsail and hauld on the wind to the S and W {1847/01/31} calm all hands imployed in brakeing{?} out between decks and coopering bread [end of page log955_029.gif] February {1847/02/01} moderat breezes from the Westward stood to the Northward saw a number of peaces of squid and blubber {1847/02/02} wind SW stood to the NW under all sails {1847/02/03} wind WNW stood Northward at 6 Pm tact and stood to Southward and Westward {1847/02/04} wind WNW stood to the Northward at 6 Pm stood to the S and W saw Albecores caught one weigt 68[?] pound saw plenty of killers {1847/02/05} wind W stood to the NNW at 7 Pm tact and stood to the Southward {1847/02/06} wind E course WSW moderate weather continued saw blows could not make out what they ware lowerd and chasest but did not see them while off with the boats {1847/02/07} wind E course W by S moderate weather continued saw plenty of Albecore and Skip Jacks saw plenty of Grampuses at noon got topmast and topgallant studding sails aloft [end of page log955_030.gif] {1847/02/08} wind E course W moderate weather continue saw Jumpers {1847/02/09} first part calm middle part light air from the NW latter part calm {1847/02/10} first part calm latter light are from the E course W {1847/02/11} light are course W at 11 Am saw bow[?] Fish at 3 Pm rain and baflin wind {1847/02/12} moderat weather continued saw Spurm Whale lowerd and chasest Whale going quick to the Westward {1847/02/13} moderate weather wind West at 9 Am saw Spurm Whales lowerd and chasest out of sight of the ship the thurd mate got on and darted and mist him got ondoard at 5 Pm took in fore and mizon top-gallant sails and stood to the S and W {1847/02/14} moderate weather wind SSE course W by S under all sail fore main topmast and top-gallant studding sails set {1847/02/015} moderat breezes from the ESE course W by S at 6 Pm saw a large school of Spurm Whales 3 miles off at 8 Pm hauld on the wind and lay with the head yards aback all night headend to the Northward [end of page log955_031.gif] {1847/02/16} strong breezes from the ESE stood to the NW at cep the ship hur course W by S {1847/02/17} moderate breeezes from the E at 4 Pm rain course W by S {1847/02/18} calm this 24 hours {1847/02/19} this 24 hours calm {1847/02/20} moderate breezes from the E saw a ___ caught an Albicore weighing 100 pound {1847/02/21} moderate breezes from the E course W by S {1847/02/22} Wind E course W by S moderate weather continue at 4 Pm saw land Easter island Lat 27=8s Long 109 =40 W #s027 08S#e $s109 40W$e distant 7 miles at 8 Am two boats went in shore the natives swim off to the boats to traid the men are interely naked the women have a strip of bark around their waist and a bunch of leaves in their crotch the natives will steal all they can lay their hand on be fore your eyes when too menny get hold of the boat fire a gun and they will all leave took in three of the wimmin in each boat and took them aboard of the ship at 12 o'clock at 2 Pm went ashore again and carried the ladys [end of page log955_032.gif] February when in about a mild the wimmin jumpt over board the wimmin get in the boat and make love to the officer so the men can get a chance to steal on the North side is a sand beach and good landing and good on the West but dare not land saw none of the natives armd atall saw a few huts but they mostly live in caves saw one hogg and a dog got about 10 bushel of sweet potatoes and a few of ber and 12 of their wooden gods we gave a sheath knife a pear fired a nomber of guns too see the natives run and skulk one of the natives dared us to cut his hand while on the gunwail of the boat there were about 20 them hold of the boat found we could not sceure them with a hatchet so lade the hatchet down to get a pistol and they stole hatchet fired the pistol over their head they all let go of the boat and went under water they hauld a nomber of peaces of cloth out of the Cpt boat [illustration of wooden god figurine?] [end of page log955_033.gif] February 23 {1847/02/23} wind SW course NW moderate the land in sight distant 25 miles at 2 Pm saw a gramusess[?] 24 {1847/02/24} light air latter part calm and rain 25 {1847/02/25} moderate weather light air from N took in the waist boat and got out a new one cpt imployed in tearing down and building up the waist boat new 26 {1847/02/26} calm this 24 hours 27 {1847/02/27} first part calm middle light air from thew N stood to the W latter part calm 28 {1847/02/28} light breezes middle part calm [end of page log955_034.gif] March 1 {1847/03/01} Commencet with moderate breezes from the SE 2 {1847/03/02} light air and and calm 3 {1847/03/03} light air from the SE course NW 4 {1847/03/04} light air from the N and E strong through out the nite set studding sails 5 {1847/03/05} wind NE at 6 Am wind hauld to the Eastward 6 {1847/03/06} wind E moderate and squally 7 {1847/03/07} wind E light and pleasant 8 {1847/03/08} light air from the E 9 {1847/03/09} light air E 10 {1847/03/10} light air E 11 {1847/03/11} strong breezes from the E and cloudy 12 {1847/03/12} moderate and cloudy latter part light air from E 13 {1847/03/13} moderate breezes from the E and cloudy at 7 Pm rain dark cloudy and rain in torrance through out the night wind light and bafflin 14 {1847/03/14} calm and cloudy at noon clear and light air from the SE [end of page log955_035.gif] 1847 March 14 {1847/03/14} moderat breeze from the SE course NW by W at 1 Pm saw Sparm whale going quick to the WNW 3 miles distant at 4 Pm lowerd and chasest untill dark came on board at at dark and took in the studding sails top gallant sails and hauld up the courses clewd down the top sails and hauld out the reef tacles[?] and hauld down the jib course WNW at 10 Pm dropt the fore corse and luft by the wind with the head yards aback at midnight cep the ship WNW the supposed course the are going. 15 {1847/03/15} wind SE and a little stronger than yesterday at sunrise saw the whale ahead about three miles at 6 Am called all hands got all sail on the ship and chasest with the ship until 10 Am and then lowerd and chasest with the boats untill 1 Pm the ??? got on but boat steerer mist him came on board and chasest with the ship until 4 Pm and then lowered and chasest with the boats the thurd Mt[?] struck and kild him took him along side and rove the cutting falls and settled the topsails and hauld out the reef tacles and set boats crew watches no observation [whale stamp with "98 bls" written inside] 16 {1847/03/16} wind SE at daylight calld all hands hokt on the whale at 6 Am a heavy swell on wore ship and cut to the leward{?} at 12 got the boddy and junk in at 1 Pm hokt on the case got through bayling the case at 4 Pm made sail and cep the ship hur course NW by W and started the works Lat 3:12 S Long [end of page log955_036.gif] March 1847 17 {1847/03/17} wind SE course N by W at midnight coold down the whale turnd up about 98 bls 18 {1847/03/18} moderate breezes from the SE course N by W at 10 Am saw a large school of Sparm whales 3 miles distant lowerd and chasest the thurd mate struck and the whale took his line went on to another and hove in a drug iron the second mate struck and the boat steerer kild him with his irons tok the whale along side head first and run the ship for the boats and cut the whale in while running before the wind at 6 Pm started the works [whale stamp with "30 bls" written inside) 19 {1847/03/19} moderate breezes from E at 6 Am coold down the whale turnd up ___ bls at 6 Pm the wind S course N by W 20 {1847/03/20} light air cloudy Lat 00=37N 21 {1847/03/21} moderate weather wind S course N by W at 2 Am rain in torranc until 7 Am saw sharks and skipjacks Lat 1=26N 22 {1847/03/22} moderate breezes from the S all hands imployed in coopering and stowing down oil between decks {1847/03/23} moderate breezes and bafflin wind all imployed in coopering and stowing down oil between decks at 4 Pm wind hauld to the NE [end of page log955_037.gif] March 23 {1847/03/23} wind at NE strong breezes all hands imployed in stowing cask for water and beceketing cask for a raft 24 {1847/03/24} wind NE course NW by W strong breezes all hands imployed in cleaning ship in side at 10 Am saw a humpback lowerd and chasest [vertical text in left margin] NE trades 25 {1847/03/25} wind E course W by N 1/2 N moderate breezes the crew imployed cleaning ship outside 26 {1847/03/26} wind E course WNW at 5 Pm wind hauld to the N course W by N at 6 saw finbacks 27 {1847/03/27} wind NNE course NW by W strong breezes at 1 Pm found that the main topmast was sprung took in the top-gallant studding sail top-gallant sail and top-gallant and main top-mast studding at 6 Pm took in lower studding-sail and caried away the top-mast studding-sail boom at half past eight split the fore top-gallant-sail unbent it and the main and sent the main up forward the carpenter in making a new top-mast 28 {1847/03/28} strong breezes and squally wind NNE course NW by W at 6 Am set fore top-mast studding sail at 8 Am set main top-gallant sail at 10 Am took it in the carpenters imployed in making a new topmast but the spar is to small but will doo if the old wone goes before the ship gets intoo port [end of page log955_038.gif] March 29 {1847/03/29} wind NE course NW by W strong breezes and cloudy squally weather settle the top-gallant sails in the squalls and set them when over 30 {1847/03/30} wind NE course NW by W strong breezes and cloudy squally weather settle the top-gallant sails in the squalls and set them when over [vertical text in left margin] NE trades 31 {1847/03/31} wind NE course NW by W strong breezes and cloudy weather settle top gallant sails in squalls and set them when over at 5 Pm sent down main royal and main top-gallant yards and took in fore and mizon top-gallant sails wind NE course NW by W strong breezes [end of page log955_039.gif] April 1846 1 {1847/04/01} wind NE course NW by W strong breezes at 8 set top-gallant sails and top-mast studding sail and lower and top-gallant studding sails saw a sail standing to the WNW 2 {1847/04/02} wind NE course NW by W strong breezes the above sail insight at midday cep the ship W h N 3 {1847/04/03} wind NE course W h N strong breezes and squally at 6 Am saw ____ at 2 Pm spoke the ship Patriot of Brim at 6 Pm saw M___ 4 {1847/04/04} at 10 Pm got the chains bent and run clost in a long the land 5 {1847/04/05} light air from the NE at 7 Am came to anchor at Lahaina in 12 fathom water the starboard watch went ashore on libberty Wiliam Dean the ship keeper sent to the hospital 6 {1847/04/06} light wind from the E towd a raft ashore for water the larboard watch went ashore on libberty sent down the main royal top gallant and topsail yards and top gallant and topmast 7 {1847/04/07} light wind from the E the larboard watch ashore took in 100 bushel of potatoes got a top-mast from the ship Wm Tompson towd it along side and took it aboard and cut it off three feet its being too long one man a missing supposed [end of page log955_040.gif] April 8 {1847/04/08} calm squally and rainy the larboard watch a shore on libberty sent up the main top-mast topgallant mast and set up the riggin middle and latter part fine clear weather 9 {1847/04/09} strong breezes starboard watch ashore on libberty got of sweet potatoes and punkins 10 {1847/04/10} strong breezes from the SE larboard watch ashore on libberty sent up the top-sail and top gallant yards at 7 Pm a man fel down in lower hole and broke his collar bone took him ashore sent him to the hospital 11 {1847/04/11} strong breezes SE the starboard watch on shore on libberty too men in the fort one went in of his owne acchord and wanted to stay to take cumfort so let him stay and left orders to put him in irons at sun down let go larboard anchor 12 {1847/04/12} calm at daylight hove up the larboard anchor and sent three boats in for the raft of water rafted the water and commenced towing a heavy surf on the reef got one boat up set made the raft fast to a tree and went aboard the larboard watch went a shore on libberty at 3 Pm went ashore and rolled the casks up on the beach 13 {1847/04/13} calm at daylight sent in again for the raft and towd it along side and hoysted it in and stowd it down and sent in the casks again and got it of at 4 Pm [end of page log955_041.gif] April 14 {1847/04/14} com with light wind from the Westward stowd down the water and hove short at 10 got under way and stood off and on one boat ashore for the Capt at 3 the Capt came off with two natives which which had shipt made sail for Oahu 15 {1847/04/15} these 24 hours moderate breezes from the Eastward Oahu distant 7 miles at daylight at 8 Am Cpt went ashore at 10 run in 17 fathom water and then hauld off shore at 1 Pm another boat went a shore and the Cpt sent off word to come to anchor the ship 10 miles off shore and a head wind to get in stood off and on all night one boat and crew ashore 16 {1847/04/16} these 24 hours moderate breezes at 7 the Capt sent word to the Mate doo as he pleased a about coming to anchor and to send $15 at 9 Am came to anchor in 16 fathom water off ___ one boat a shore all night 17 {1847/04/17} these 24 hours moderate breezes at 8 Am sent off the boat that was ashore all night at at 4 Pm the Capt came of hove up the anchor and got under way course W at 10 Pm hauld up NW 18 {1847/04/18} wind NE course NW strong breezes took in fore top-gallant sail and flying jib 19 {1847/04/19} strong breezes from the NE stowd the anchors unbent the chains and stowd them below imployed in putting on chafeing gear [end of page log955_042.gif] April 20 {1847/04/20} moderate breezes NE set fore top-gallant sail and flying jib 21 {1847/04/21} moderate breezes NE all hands imployed in braking out and stowing down oil 22 {1847/04/22} light air NE at 8 Am wind hauld to the E set the starboard studding sails imployed in stowing down oil 23 {1847/04/23} light wind NE at 2 Pm wind hauld to the SE at 4 Pm wind hauld NW strong breezes took in top gallant sails and studding sails split the fore sail clewd down and double reeft the topsails unbent the fore sail and bent another 24 {1847/04/24} these 24 hours light wind from NE a heavy swell heaving from the Westward shook out the reefs and set top-gallant sails at 7 Am wore ship and stood to the Westward 25 {1847/04/25} commence with moderate breezes from the NE course N by W at 9 Am wind hauld to the E set starboard studding sails imployed in painting boats 26 {1847/04/26} wind south first part moderate middle drizing rain at 11 Pm wind hauld to the Northward took in the studding sails and top-gallant sails and double reeft the topsails stood to the Eastward [end of page log955_043.gif] April 27 {1847/04/27} moderate from the N at 7[?] Am wore ship and stood to the N and Westward and set whole topsails at 10 drizzling rain at 11 Am set all sail at noon clear and calm 28 {1847/04/28} strong breezes from the Northward stood to the Westward at 6 Pm double reeft the topsails saw a large flock of burds 29 {1847/04/29} strong breezes wind NNW stood to the N and E latter part more moderate made all sail saw large flocks of birds saw a sunfish 30 {1847/04/30} moderate breezes NNW stood to the N and E at 2 Pm wind hauld to the Westward course N by W at 10 Pm squally wind hauld to the NW bracet the yards and took in the studding sails and top-gallant sails and doble reeft the top-sails [end of page log955_044.gif] May the first 1847 1 {1847/05/01} wind NNW stood to the NE moderate and squally at 8 Am shook out the reefs and set the top-gallant sails saw finbacks wind hauld to the NNE stood to the NW Lat 39"39 2 {1847/05/02} wind NNE stood to the NW strong breezes at 8 took in top-gallant sails single reeft the top-sails hands imployed in repairing and riping up sails 1 Pm a man was hove overbord by the jib whips off the boom he caught hold of the jib down hall and held on lowerd a boat and pict him up 3 {1847/05/03} wind at NE stood to the NW strong breezes and cloudy under double reeft topsails at 4 Pm took in the jib and main sail at 5 Pm clost reeft the top sails saw finbacks Lat 41"20 4 {1847/05/04} wind NNE moderate breezes at 4 Am shook out the reefs and set the topgallant sails at 4 Pm took in the top gallant sails at 5 Pm single reefs breezing on all the while at half past five double reeft the topsails at seven clost reeft the fore and mizon top sails split the main top sail unbent it at midnight took in the fore topsail Lat 42"12 [end of page log955_045.gif] May 5 {1847/05/05} wind NNE stood to the N and W strong gales at daylight bent a main top sail and closly reeft it at 8 Pm moderate wore ship head to the E Lat 42"44 6 {1847/05/06} wind N strong gales stood to the NE at 4 Pm made all sail wind S course N by W at 5 Pm wind N stood to the NE saw a sail standing to the NE later part calm Lat 42"46 7 {1847/05/07} calm at 5 Pm light air course N one sail in sight standing to the N at 8 wind N stood to the N and W at 12 wind hauld to the S and W course N by W set studding sails at 10 Pm wind hauld to the Northward stood to the N and E Lat 42"26 8 {1847/05/08} wind N stood to the N and E at 12 spoke to the ship Metacom of New Bedford 17 months out 170 bls at 2 Pm tackt ship and stood to the N Lat 42"32 9 {1847/05/09} calm and light airs and cloudy this 24 hours 10 {1847/05/10} light air from the S course N set studding sails at 1 Pm shifted studding sails on the starboard side at 8 shifted studding sails again again wind baflin from SSE to SSW [end of page log955_046.gif] May North West Coast 11 {1847/05/11} wind S course N strong breezes and cloudy at 1 Pm wind hauld to the W took in studding sails and bracet the yards at midnight took in top-gallant sails and double reeft the top-sails 12 {1847/05/12} wind WNW stood to the NNE strong breezes and cloudy at 8 Am shook out the reefs wind hauld to the W course N by W at 8 Pm double reeft the top-sails latter part foggy and moderate Lat 49"25 Long 163"30 #s049 25N#e $s163 30W$e 13 {1847/05/13} wind W course NW by W 1/2 W saw plenty finbacks at 4 Pm RW lowerd and the L[?] boat struck and drawd cloudy and foggy by spells throuought the day Lat 52"10 = Lat 163"48 #s052 10N#e $s163 48W$e at 8 took in sail for the night 14 {1847/05/14} wind W moderate and foggy at 4 Pm made sail and stoo to the northward at 8 Am saw a bark at 9 wind hauld to the Northward stood to the eastward saw finbacks humpbacks and one R whale lowerd for him but to shy[?] to get on cloudy foggy squally rainy and snow saw largeflocks of burds Lat 52"54 [end of page log955_047.gif] May North West Coast 15 {1847/05/15} light air from the Eastward and snow stood to the S and Eastward at 8 saw R.W. lowerd and gallied came on board and wore ship and stood to the N and E saw another whale at 9 Am lowerd and the Mt struck. the Br boat got the midship oar broak by the whales flooks when they struck. the W boat got the steerer nockt overboard by the whales flooks. the whale hove his flooks over the boat without tutching hur. the whale stove the S boat with his fins. thurd Mt kild the whale and he sunk. lancht another boat and took the stoven boat aboard. and bracet forward. at 4 Pm saw a whale, lowerd and gallied him. at 8 took in sail that is double reeft top sails. stood to the S and E all night 16 {1847/05/16} moderate breezes and cloudy saw whales lowerd and chasest at 4 Pm in thick green water at 8 took in sail blowing heavy at midnight took in the fore sail at 4 Pm in green water 17 {1847/05/17} wind NNW lay to all day under double reeft main top-sail saw whale stood to the Westward at 10 wore ship and stood to the Eastward Lat 52" 25 [end of page log955_048.gif] May 18th North West Coast 18 {1847/05/18} wind NNE stood to the N and Westward at 8 Am saw whale lowerd and the B boat struck and the whale stove the boat and the line foul of the thurd Mt so cut the line pict up the crew and oars and towd the boat abord at 12 saw whale lowrd and the B boat struck the too other boats got fast the whale sounded and one iron broke one drawed and got cut off at 8 Pm took in sail and headed to the S and E no obs Lat 52"50 Long 163"48 #s052 50N#e $s163 48W$e 19 {1847/05/19} wind SSE moderate and thick fog spoke the ship Charles Drew of N B too whales Lat 52"45 20 {1847/05/20} moderate breezes from the ESE stood to the NE at 8 tact and stood to the S at 12 run to the WSW at 7 thick fog took in sail and hove to head to the S at midnight wore ship headed to the Northeast in green water saw a sail standing to NE Lat 52"44 Long 162"12 #s052 44N#e $s162 12W$e 21 {1847/05/21} wind SW and moderate with thick fog at 8 lit up made sail and stood to the NNE at 11 wind hauld to the South at 1 PM set studding sails below and aloft at 5 PM saw a sail at 8 spoke the Thames of Sag harbor shortend sail for the night heading SE [end of page log955_049.gif] May North West Coast 22 {1847/05/22} wind SE moderate breezes and clear weather 11 AM saw a whale lowerd and the third Mt struck all four boats got fast at last the thurd Mt kild him and he began to sink but four boats hauld him up took him along side at 2 PM and got in the head throat and lips and let him lay for the night [whale stamp] 23 {1847/05/23} wind ESE saw three sails too boyling at 6 Am cut in the remander of the whale made sail and stood Southward and Eastward at 5 PM saw too whales the Georgia boats struck at 6 PM boarded the Georga of NL 600 bls at 8 took top-gallant sails for the night started the works at 9 AM Lat 52 56 Long 160 20 #s052 56N#e $s160 20W$e 24 {1847/05/24} wind NNW stod to the Westward at 9 AM S. and. E at 10 run to the SW saw three sails at 4 PM saw a whale double reeft the top-sails and lowerd and chasest stood to the West all night Lat 52 48 Long 161 18 #s052 48N#e $s161 18W$e 25 {1847/05/25} wind NNW stood to the W under double reeft topsails all day strong breezes and clear weather 26 {1847/05/26} wind NNW moderat breezes all hands imployed in stowing down the oil coold down at 8 AM saw whales lowerd and chasest but gt none Lat 55 27 Long 165 06 #s055 27N#e $s165 06W$e 27 {1847/05/27} wind NNW moderate breezes all hands imployed in stowing down saw whales lowerd three times the whale stowd down 180 bls Lat 52 43 Long 165 55 #s052 43N#e $s165 55W$e [end of page log955_050.gif] May 28 North West Coast May 28 {1847/05/28} NNW moderate breezes at 6 AM saw a whale lowerd but no go at 10 saw a whale to the windward lowerd and the Mt struck and the boat steerer set him spouting thin blood with his irons got the whale along side at 4 PM got dinner and hokt on and cut him in got through cutting about 10 PM and lay with the yards on the cap[?] headed to the Eastward all night [whale stamp] 29 {1847/05/29} wind ESE stood to the Southward saw plenty humpbacks and large flocks of burds at 7 AM started the works at 8 pm spoke the Bingham of Mist. 30 {1847/05/30} wind ESE moderate breezes stood to the Northward saw finbacks at 10 AM saw land bearing NW one part and the other N at the same time saw whales lowerd and chasest and galled at 12 lowerd again and the third Mt struck and the Mt kild took him along side at 20 minutes before 5 and wore ship and headed to the SE at 8 pm spoke the ship Bingham of Mistic. caried whole topsails all night Aonalaska[?] distant about 15 miles Lat 52"02 [whale stamp with "212" written inside] 31 {1847/05/31} at 6 AM hokt on the whale took in the head gear and wore ship and took in the boddy to the windward finished cutting at 8 PM took in sail for the night heading SE parted the cutting falls lost the hook and block [end of page log955_051.gif] North West Coast 1 {1847/06/01} wind NNE strong breezes and a heavy swell on in thick green water at 3 PM spoke the ship Bingham of Mystic. Scholfield. all day under double reeft fore and main top sail mizon furled 2 {1847/06/02} wind strong breezes at 6 shook out the reefs in the main top-sail and set the mizon top sail at 8 took in fore and mizon top-sail and double reeft main top-sail and took in the jib and all hands imployed in boyling and stowing down oil at 6 PM set fore topsail jib and spanker stowd down about 100 bls saw humpbacks Lat 5 3 {1847/06/03} wind NNW moderate breezes stood to the NE saw finbacks 4 {1847/06/04} first part calm latter part light air from the NNW stood to the W stowd down oil continued boyling 5 {1847/06/05} Begins with light airs from the SE heading NW stowd down oil saw great number of HB saw Sulpher Bottoms at 8 PM saw a RW Too late to lower 6 {1847/06/06} Begins with heavy gales from the NE stood stood to the W under double reef top-sails at 4 PM hauld our wind SE by E at 6 handed the mizon top-sail and clost reeft the fore and main at 10 PM took in the fore sail heading E by S latter part strong gales with thick fog [end of page log955_052.gif] North West Coast June 7 {1847/06/07} Continue fogy and moderate heading NW at 8 AM tact ship stood to the Eastward at 8 P shortened sail for the night Lat 8 {1847/06/08} moderate wind from NW headed Northward at 8 AM double reeft the top sails stowed oil heading NE fresh gales NNW this 24 hours ends with fresh gales NW stood sea watches 9 {1847/06/09} commencet with fresh gales from the NW at 4 AM tact ship and stood to the WNW under single reeft top sails at 10 AM saw the land Oonalaska[?] bearing NW this 24 hours ends with a calm carried all sail all night stood whole watches 10 {1847/06/10} commencet with calm at 10 AM light air from the W headed NNW the land in sight saw HB at 4 PM cep off NE by E at 6 PM hauld to the N at half past six lowerd one boat and chasest HB at 8 light light air SW caried all sail all course NE by E 11 {1847/06/11} commencet with strong gales from the SW and foggy course NE by E at 10 AM hauld up E at 7 PM saw large flocks of burds and Sulpher Bottoms at 8 took in sail for the night heaved to the W [end of page log955_053.gif] North West Coast 12 {1847/06/12} commencet with moderate gales from the SW and thick fog with rain course E by S at 9 AM saw a RW lowerd and struck the third Mt struck at last the Mt got him spouting thin blood the Cpt got the head of his boat knock off captured the whale at 3 PM mate got the whale along side hokt on too the whale at 5 PM took in the head throat and lips took in sail and lay for the night head to the Northward at midnight caried the spanker boom away the boat steerer cut his sturn when cutting off the head 13 {1847/06/13} commencet with heavy gales from the SW at 5 AM commencet heaving in the boddy got the boddy in and wore ship and stood to the SE by S under clost reeft main top sail and fore sail at 8 PM took in the fore sail and hauld on the wind hove to the W squally with hail 14 {1847/06/14} heavy gales continued from the SW at 5 PM saw a sail laying to under short sail cep off for her at 8 AM spoke her it proved to be the Hannibal of Sagharbor lay to all day under clost reef main top sail 15 {1847/06/15} heavy gales continued from the SW at 8 AM set the fore sail and double reeft top-sails at 11 made all sail and stood to the NNW at noon calm at 4 PM wind hauld to the Westward hauld on the wind heading to the North [end of page log955_054.gif] North West Coast 16 {1847/06/16} Commence with light air from the NW and drizzling rain made sail and stood to the NNE at 10 AM wind hauld SSE stood to the Eastward at 8 AM started the works HB FB and SB at 6 PM took in top gallant sails at 7 double reef the top sails for the night squally throughout the night at midnight took in mizon top sail 17 {1847/06/17} Commenc with strong gales from the S stood to the ESE under double reeft fore and main top-sail saw finbacks cloudy and squally throughout the night with a drizzling rain 18 {1847/06/18} moderate breezes from the SW steered to the NNE at 10 AM coold down at 4 PM saw HB lowerd one boat and gallied them caried sail all night stood to the NNW 19 {1847/06/19} moderate breezes from the SW and drizzling rain stood to the NNW saw one HB caried whole top sails all night heading NNW 20 {1847/06/20} first part strong breezes from the SW sood to the NNW at 3 AM wind headed off ENE at 3 saw five HB at 8 AM moderate saw plenty of HB and FB at 1 Pm cep off E [end of page log955_055.gif] North West Coast 21 {1847/06/21} moderate breezes from the W course E saw plenty of HB and FB caried sail all night 22 {1847/06/22} moderate breezes W steerd to the E at 12 wind hauld to the SW sterd to the N saw HB and FB at 4 saw BW at 6 lowerd and the Mt struck the Cpt kild him and got his boat cract the whale sank but hauld him up and held him up took him along side and let him lay for the night 23 {1847/06/23} moderate breezes from the SE at 3 AM calld all hands and commencet cutting at noon got through cutting made sail and steered to NNW saw FB 24 {1847/06/24} moderate breezes from the SE course NNW at 1 AM wind hauld to the NE bracet the yards and head to the N by W at 2 strong breezes took the top-gallant sails at 8 blowing heavy double reefe the top-sails and took in the jib and hoysted the lee boats up on upper crane at 10 took in the main sail at noon took in fore and mizzen top-sails all hands in the blubber room imployed in cutting it up and heaving it forward at 1 PM wore ship head to the South at 2 PM rain at 8 Pm took in fore sail main top sail and top mast staysail and lay to under bare poles [end of page log955_056.gif] North West Coast June 25 {1847/06/25} Heavy gales continue from the E headind to Southward at 4 AM set mizzen top-sail single reefed at 9 AM wore ship head to the N at 8 set double reefe top-sails main sail and jib at 9 wind hauld to the SE course NNE at 9 took in main sail and jib for the night wind haild at 10 to the SW headed to the NE 26 {1847/06/26} strong breezes at 3 AM set whole top-sails and run to the NE saw a sail standing to SE at 5 AM saw a plenty Finback spoke the Caledonia Sonington 6 whales at 9 PM saw a Whale lowerd three boats and galled came on board and double reefed the top sails for the night 27 {1847/06/27} strong gales from the NE at 3 AM set whole top sails and stood to the S and East at 8 AM double reefe the top sails and took in the jib at 10 took in the fore main and mizzen top-sails and fore-sail heavy gales and foggy at 1 PM more moderate set mizzen top-sail and fore sail and started the works at 4 PM set the main top sail 28 {1847/06/28} strong breezes from the Northward stood to the Westward under double reef top-sails at 6 PM took in sail for the night [end of page log955_057.gif] North West Coast 29 {1847/06/29} strong breezes from the NW steered from NE. - E.S.E. and SW under double reef top-sails 30 {1847/06/30} first part moderate breezes from the NW stood to the NE at 8 AM wore ship and stood to the SW at 9 AM saw a sail at 10 AM spoke the Mary Frazier of New Bedford 4 whales foggy and rain thruought the day [end of page log955_058.gif] North West Coast July 1 {1847/07/01} strong breezes from the SE stood to the N at 5 PM saw 4 sails stood to the Eastward all night under whole top sails 2 {1847/07/02} strong breezes at 8 AM spoke the ship Cabinet Stonington and Brookly New London Dover New London Navy New Bedford Mary Frazier New Bedford gamd all day thick fog and rain throuought the day Lat 57"12 Lon 139"54 W #s057 12N#e $s139 54W$e 3 {1847/07/03} moderate and foggy and rain gamd with Brooklyn Dover and Cabinet fired from each ship a number of times and all set colors 4 {1847/07/04} moderate breezes and clear weather Spoke the Catharine New London saw plenty of whales saw one whale dead but too far gone at 8 shortend sail for the night Eleven sails insight 5 {1847/07/05} moderate and clear saw plenty of whale chhase saw one ship take a whale at 7 AM chast at 12 and 3 PM whales going quick saw a nomber of ships a whaleing [end of page log955_059.gif] North West Coast 6 {1847/07/06} moderate saw plenty of whales lowerd and chase but could not strike whales going quick spoke the Pacific New Bedford three whales 7 {1847/07/07} strong breezes from the Westward under single reefe top sails saw plenty of whales lowerd and chasest a nomber but got none whales shy and going quick strong breezes throughout the day at 8 took in sail for the night 8 {1847/07/08} strong breezes from the E under single reef top sails saw plenty whales lowerd three times in the forenoon afternoon saw plenty but too rugged to lower saw three sails a laying to one boyling and a whale along side at 8 took in sail for the night headed to the Northward 9 {1847/07/09} first part strong breeze from the __ under double reefe top-sails saw plenty whales lowerd and the Mt struck and the whale took the line the Cpt struck another and the whale took his line afternoon more moderate set whole top-sails saw the ship Navy a whaleing saw too other sails one boyling at 5 got dinner and supper all in one shifted boats and coiled too new lines 10 {1847/07/10} First part strong breezes from the Southward saw plenty whales Mt struck one too boats fast drawd and iron broke the whale went off spouting blood lost sight of him in the fog foggy throughout the day [end of page log955_060.gif] North West Coast July 11 {1847/07/11} calm saw plenty whales lowerd and chast at 10 AM light air from the S all hands imployed in stowing down oil broke one of the boat steerers for missing a whale saw three ships all whaling 12 {1847/07/12} moderate breezes from the N saw plenty whales lowerd and chast and galled at 12 noon saw a dead whale bustled[?] took him along side and cut him in saved half of the bone saw three sails one boyling and one cutting and one ship's boats fast and got loos again at 7 took in sail for the night and started the works [whale stamp with "40" written inside] 13 {1847/07/13} moderate breezes from the ___ and clear weather spoke the Brooklyn and Dover and Caledonia gamd got a boat out of the Brooklyn and exchanged one of the broken boat steereers for another man saw too whales and seven sails the Brooklyn and the Caledonia both boyling saw the Navy boyling carried whole topsails all night standing too the ___ 14 {1847/07/14} moderate breezes SSW at 4 AM saw a whale called hands and lowerd the Capt struck the thurd Mt got stove by his fin and the boat steerer hurt Cpt kild the whale took him alongside and cut him in the Wm Thompson took a whale clost to us the S Mt got stove and one man hurt face all stove in saw 4 sails all a whaling one a cutting the Wiliam Thompson saved hur whale [whale stamp with "120" written inside] [end of page log955_061.gif] North West Coast 15 {1847/07/15} moderate breezes SSW first part rain middle part thick fog saw whales and chast saw three ships a boyling 16 {1847/07/16} light air from the SSW and thick fog at 4 AM saw whales lowerd and chast saw two sails saw more whales three miles off Spoke the Mag___ they had lost a boat steer by a whale too knockt over board saved one but saw nothing of the boat steerer 17 {1847/07/17} light air from the SSW and thick fog at 3 AM saw whales lowerd and chaste at 8 AM spoke the Newark of Stonington at 11 saw more whales lowerd and chasse at 1 PM mate saw the Newark strike a whale and turn him up run down and took a line and towd him about a mile to leward for them at 1 PM rain continue rain throuought the day at 7 PM took in sail for the night 18 {1847/07/18} light air from the SW all hands imployed in stowing down oil saw whales going Southward at 6 PM saw a whale lowerd one boat and chasse foggy throuought the day at 8 took in sail for the night head to the Southward and Eastward [end of page log955_062.gif] North West Coast July 19 {1847/07/19} light air from the ____ stowd down the remainder of the oil in watches which choct of the main hatch within seven bls at 11 AM saw land bearing from NW to E distant about 25 or 30 miles snow on it in spots saw a FB 20 {1847/07/20} fair weather and calm land insight distant 2 miles caried all sail throuought the night standing to the NW saw grampus and finbacks Norfolk sound bearing ENE distant 20 miles at 6 PM Lat 56 57[?] 21 {1847/07/21} light air from the SW at 10 AM strong breezes from the NW stood to the SW at 12 noon spoke the Brooklyn New London boyling and the Citezon ____ boyling at 5 PM saw plenty whale got a slight hold of one and drawd 22 {1847/07/22} strong breezes caried double reefe top-sails saw whales lowerd and chast at 5 PM took in sail and hove to heading to the SW spoke the Hamilton Sagharbor 3 whales saw 9 sails [end of page log955_063.gif] North West Coast 23 {1847/07/23} strong breezes from the Westward and thick fog at 10 AM more moderate and cleard up made all sail three sails in sight at noon saw a whale lowerd and the Mt struck at last cap the whale three miles to windward of the ship and it came in thick fog the Cpt started for the ship the rest of the boats took the whale and towed to leward the Cpt got onboard and fired a gun loading again and the gun went of and nearly kild one man Jack Williams they fired a number of times at last caut sight sight of a ship suppose to be ours sent the thurd Mt to let the Cpt now whare the the whale and the boats was but it proved to be the the Newark of Stonington so he went on board and stopt at 8 PM got the whale along side the ship came clost too us and the thurd Mt came a board took in sail and let the whale lay alongside all night [whale stamp with "200" written inside] 24 {1847/07/24} strong gales from the Westward at 3 AM calld all hands hookt on too the whale at 3 PM got through cutting cleard up decks and started the works too sails insight one cutting and boyling at 10 PM past a dead whale or carcas [end of page log955_064.gif] North West Coast July 25 {1847/07/25} strong gales from the WNW under clost reef main top sail and fore sail stood to the Northward at noon saw whales lowerd and the thurd Mt struck one iron drawd and cut the short warp and the whale went off saw plenty whales six sails in sight saw the land bearing NNE distant 15 or 20 miles 26 {1847/07/26} strong breezes from the WNW thick fog stood too the Northward saw plenty of HB FB and SB at 4 PM saw land distant about 15 miles at 7 saw brakers distant one or too miles wore ship and stood to the S and W at half past seven fog lit up saw very high land asturn Lat 55=55 27 {1847/07/27} strong breezes from the WNW and thick fog stood to the Northward at 2 PM saw land at 7 PM land distant 12 or 15 miles wore ship and stood to the SW by S all night under whole top-sails Lat 55=36 28 {1847/07/28} strong breezes WNW stood to the N under whole top-sails slowd down oil thick fog throught the 24 hours at 7 PM wore ship and stood to the SW all night under whole top-sails [end of page log955_065.gif] North West Coast 29 {1847/07/29} moderate breezes WNW stood to the N under whole top-sails thick fog thruought these 24 hours stowd down oil at 7 wore ship and stood to SW at 10 lit up cared whole top sails all night 30 {1847/07/30} first part calm middle part light air from the NW course SW stowd shooks between decks the blacksmith mate stole a knife from one of the men had some Jaw about it so let them fight it out the Cpt told them to take off their shurts and he would giv them fair play the blacksmith mate said he would not take off his shurt so the Cpt tore it off and then cut off the top-gallant cluline and whip them both forward 31 {1847/07/31} strong breezes from the Westward stood to the Northward spoke the Citizen Sagharbor spoke the Magnet Warren spoke the Alexander New Bedford saw one whale going quick lowerd but saw nothing of him at 8 PM took in sail for the night stood N [end of page log955_066.gif] North West Coast August 1 {1847/08/01} strong breezes from the WNW spoke the ship Newark of Stonington spoke the Thames of Stonington at 4 PM saw whales lowerd and the Mt got a slight hold of one and drawd thre sails in sight at 8 PM took in sail for the night stood to the SW all night 2 {1847/08/02} moderate breezes WNW at 12 saw two whales lowerd and chast and gallied at 8 took in sail for the night heading to the SW 3 {1847/08/03} moderate breezes from the WNW steerd to the S by W first part foggy saw eight sails spoke the ship Wiliam Thompson New Bedford saw the Clement New London eight whales saw the Dover New London at 8 thick fog and nearly calm clewd down the sails and let them hang for the night 4 {1847/08/04} moderate breezes from the WNW steerd to the S by W at 4 PM thick fog at 7 PM took in sail for the night 5 {1847/08/05} moderate breezes WNW first part thick fog at noon cleard up made sail and steerd to the ENE saw three sails one boyling [end of page log955_067.gif] North West Coast August 6 {1847/08/06} strong gales from the WNW steerd to the ENE spoke ship George of Fairhaven nine whales caried sail all night course ENE 7 {1847/08/07} moderate breezes from the WNW steerd NE at 3 PM wind hauld West hauld on the wind heading SSE caried all sail all night 8 {1847/08/08} moderate breezes from the WSW stood to the SE by S all night caried all sail 9 {1847/08/09} moderate breezes and cloudy weather with light squalls and drizling rain wind baffling from WSW to South stood to the Southward and Eastward at 4 PM wore ship and stood to the Northward and Westward 10 {1847/08/10} first part of these 24 hours moderate breezes at 5 AM saw a whale lowerd and the S Mt struck the whale took the line the Mt bent on and the whale took one of his lines the whale run and sound took the Mt nearly out of sight and the irons came out and the whale went off got onboard again at 12 noon one sail in sight at 4 PM spoke the Edward of New Bedford [end of page log955_068.gif] 11 {1847/08/11} strong gales from the SE course W at 8 AM drizling rain at 12 noon past a dead whale with one iron in him but too far gon at 4 wind hauld to the NNW with thick fog caried all sail thruought the night heading to the W 12 {1847/08/12} strong gales from the ESE course W at 4 PM took in the top gallant sails at 12 midnight took in too reefs in the top-sails and main-sail and jib heading to the SW 13 {1847/08/13} strong gales ESE stood to the SW under double reefe top-sails at 9 AM set main-sail and jib and steerd to the W at midnight more moderate 14 {1847/08/14} calm at 10 AM light air from the SW at 3 PM strong breezes from the SSE steered to the W by S made all sail at 4 PM thick fog caried all sail all night 15 {1847/08/15} strong breezes and thick fog wind SSE course WSW at 4 PM wind hauld to the Southward at 6 nearly calm at 7 wind hauld to the SSE caried sail all night thick fog and squally throuought the night [end of page log955_069.gif] North West Coast 16 {1847/08/16} moderate breezes from the SE and thick fog at 8 AM cleard up saw the ship Orozimbo of New Bedford and spoke hur 17 {1847/08/17} moderate breezes and squally and drizling rain at 11 AM saw plenty fin backs and one Rite Whale lowerd and the Mt struck at last another boat got fast and the whale run quick to the leward took the lines from both boats chast him until 5 PM and then gave him up came on board and took in the top gallant sails and flying jib for the night at 10 PM spoke the Orozimbo of New Bedford 18 {1847/08/18} first part moderate breezes from the SE at 10 AM wind hauld to the N course WSW saw plenty of FB latter part strong breezes at 8 shortened sail for the night heading to the Nortward and Westward 19 {1847/08/19} moderate breezes WSW stood to the NW at 5 PM saw too whales going quick to the Westward dark cloudy weather and squally took in the top gallant sails and stood to the NW all night Lat 54"30 [end of page log955_070.gif] 20 {1847/08/20} strong breezes from the WSW course WNW at 10 AM saw land North part of ___ bearing NNW stood in shore to go a fishing at 11 within three miles of the shore saw a whale lowerd and the mate struck and kild him took him alongside and commence cutting the peas[?] partly tore off so let him lay for the night [whale stamp] 21 {1847/08/21} moderate gales and thick fog and drizling rain at 5 calld all hands and commencet cutting finesht at 8 AM cleard up decks and started the works land insight at 4 PM distant 5 miles wore ship and stood to the Eastward all night under double reef top-sails 22 {1847/08/22} moderat breezes from the SSE and thick fog stood to the Southward and Westward at 8 PM wore ship and stood to the Eastward under double reefe top-sails all night 23 {1847/08/23} moderate Southerly winds and thick fog stood to the SW under easy sail at 2 PM wore ship and stood to the E at 8 PM wore ship and stood to the SW drizling rain thruought the night [end of page log955_071.gif] 24 {1847/08/24} begins with moderate winds from ESE and thick fog and drizling rain stood southward at 5 AM wore ship and stood to the NE at 4 PM wore ship and stood on opozit tack Southward 25 {1847/08/25} begins with strong gales from the SE stood to the Southward at 8 cep off WSW at half past eight coold down at 12 noon hauld on the wind under clost reefe main top-sail and one fore sail headind to the Southward at 4 PM the wind hauld to the Eastward 26 {1847/08/26} begins with very heavy gales from the E at 3 AM blowd the fore sail and the main top sail away lay untill 4 PM set a reeft main sail at 5 PM sent down the remaining of the main top-sail and bent a new cotton canvas main top-sail and clost reefet it and set it heading to the SSE 27 {1847/08/27} whole gale from the E heading to the SSE drizling rain under clost reef main top sail fore-sail and top mast stay-sail and reeft main-sail at 10 AM blowd away the main sail at 11 AM blowd away the top-mast-stay sail at 4 PM began to moderate unbent the fore sail or what remained of it and bent a new one reefet it and set it at 4 wind hauld to the SE at 6 wore ship and headed to the ENE a very heavy sea on [end of page log955_072.gif] 28 {1847/08/28} Strong gales from the SE and dark cloudy weather under short sail but towards midnight shook out the reef in the fore-sail at 1 AM set a clost reef fore top-sail at 2 AM set a clost reefe mizon top-sail at 3 AM set the jib at 3 shipt a very heavy sea at 8 shook out one reefe out of the fore and main top-sails unbent the main sail and bent the old one 29 {1847/08/29} strong gales from the SE under double reefe top-sails stood to the NE at 4 PM more moderate set whole top-sails 30 {1847/08/30} moderate breezes from the Southward stood to the Eastward at 3 PM saw two whales lowerd and chast whales going quick at 4 took in sail for the night 31 {1847/08/31} first part moderate breezes stood to the E saw plenty of FB and HB at 10 AM wore ship and stood to the SE at 12 noon took in top gallant sails strong gale and rain at 2 PM saw whales took in sail and hove to head to the ___ at 4 PM thick fog [end of page log955_073.gif] North September 1 {1847/09/01} first part strong gales from the SSW course E by S under double reefe fore and mizon top-sail and single reefe main top-sail saw FB at midnight moderate set main top-gallant sail 2 {1847/09/02} moderate breezes from the SSW and foggy and drizling rain at 2 PM fog cleard up stood to the SSE latter part calm 3 {1847/09/03} first part calm at 3 AM light air from the Eastward tackt ship at 4 AM and stood to the N at 7 AM strong breezes bursted the mizon top gallant sail at 7 took in the fore top gallant sail at half past seven took in main top gallant sail and single reefet the fore top sail at 11 tackt ship wind hauld to the SSW course E by S thick fog and drizling rain 4 {1847/09/04} these 24 hours strong breezes from the SSW and thick fog course E by S at 4 AM made all sail 5 {1847/09/05} this 24 hours begins with thick fog and strong breezes from the SSW latter part moderate breezes from the W course E by S thick fog throuought the 24 hours [end of page log955_074.gif] 6 {1847/09/06} This 24 hours moderate breezes from the W course E by S thick fog [end of page log955_075.gif] Mr. Sfl.[?] Terry Esq of Hartford Conn [end of page log955_076.gif] 6 {1847/09/06} This 24 hours begins with thick fog and moderate breezes from the W course E by S at 8 AM cleard up set studding sails 7 {1847/09/07} moderate breezes from the N course E by S studding sails below and aloft bent fore and main royal hove over board the remainds of the main top-sail and fore sail too rotton for for enny thing bent mizon top gallant sail and wove[?] new braces 8 {1847/09/08} first part moderate breezes from the N course E by S studding below and aloft at 4 PM the wind hauld to the S shifted the studding sail on the larboard side strong breezes 9 {1847/09/09} This 24 hours moderate breezes from the S course E by S 10 {1847/09/10} First part of this 24 hours moderate breezes from the S at 8 AM wind hauld to the NNE course E 11 {1847/09/11} First part of this 24 hours moderate breezes from the NNE course E by N At 10[?] wind hauld to the S [end of page log955_077.gif] 12 {1847/09/12} First part of this 24 hours begins with moderate breezes from the W course E at 12 wind S stood to the SSE took in studding sails at 4 PM took in royals at 8 PM took in mizen top gallant sail at __ PM saw light streaks in the water tackt ship and stood to the W by S and took in fore and main top gallant sails thick cloudy weather at 11 PM double reeft the fore and mizen topsails at half past Eleven wind hauld suddingly to West and cleard up and nearly calm stood to the Northward 13 {1847/09/13} moderate breezes from the West at 7 PM the wind hauld to the NNE stood to the E at 8 PM wind hauld to the South set fore and main royal and top mast studding sail top gallant studding sail and lower studding sails course SE 14 {1847/09/14} moderate breezes from the NNE course E by S at daylight saw land dis 10 leagus bearing __ distant __ hauld up E at 2 PM strong gales at 9 PM under double reef top-sails at 12 midnight hauld on the wind head offshore blowing heavy [end of page log955_078.gif] Oct California San Francisco Oct 1847 15 {1847/09/15} Begins with strong gales from the NNE under double reefe top-sails heading SW at 7 AM more moderate set whole top-sails course E at 8 moderate made all sail set studding sails land about 40 miles distant bearing __ at 6 clost in to the land at 7 PM took in studding sails royals top-gallant sails flying Jib and hauld up the courses and wore ship head off shore SW land about one mile distant in 30 fathoms water stood off and on wareing ship every hour laying with the head yards aback on both tacks 16 {1847/09/16} moderate breezes from the SW at 4 PM made all sail and run down the land E at 12 noon saw the American flag a shoar at __ saw five ships and one brig too anchor saw to ships bound in at 11 got the anchors off the bow at 2 PM came to anchor at Yerba Buna in 7 fathoms water ships one brig and one schooner laying to anchor and one came in at 1 PM the schooner and brig the Americans taken from the Mexicans [end of page log955_079.gif] California San Francisco 18 {1847/09/17} moderate breezes from the __ at 10 AM the starboard watch went on shore on liberty the larboard watch imployed in cleaning the bens at 4 PM the Mate came on shore stabd by one of the men a ___ Antone Lops[?] by name went and found the Capt and sent down a doctor took the Mt and took the Mt up to the docters sent too boats a shore and hauld them up the Carpenter refuse to haul up the boat part of the men came off five slopt ashore strong breezes thruought the night 17 {1847/09/18} forenoon calm the afternoon strong breezes the larboard watch ashore the starboard watch imployed in cleaning ship outside at 3 PM too brigs came in Mr Morris and Cook and two men slopt ashore all night 19 {1847/09/19} First part moderate breezes from the __ at 2 PM strong breezes from the __ the larboard watch ashore on lyberty Mr Morris and the Cook remains on shore this 24 hours and part of both watches [end of page log955_080.gif] California Sunday 20 {1847/09/20} first part calm middle part strong breezes the starboard watch ashore at dark four came on board the the remainder stop on shore eight came off some time in the night and took their clothing and left the ship Names Richard John Sheay seaman David Fox Do William Vanderwater Do David Rouse Do Paul Bec Boat steer ___ Swan Boat steer suppose some of them went out in the ship Conferation 21 {1847/09/21} First part calm middle part strong breezes all hands that we could muster cep aboard to clean ship Mr Morris and Carpenter Cook remeinds on shore had a man onboard to find out hoo els was going to run 22 {1847/09/22} First part calm middle strong breezes Mr Morris and the Cook came on board at 8 AM all hands remeind on board with the exception of the runaways at 8 this evening H Smith imployed by Cpt C to watch the crew to find the runaways came off at 8 the boat went on shore with all that intended to leave the ship and H Smith with them to watch them Crandal a boat steer run with but to find out whare the rest ware stowd so too take them all together [end of page log955_081.gif] Jer Beck ___ Johnson boat steer Charles Jack Williams Stephen Ho{?} Simeon Crandall boat steer 23 {1847/09/23} moderate but towards noon strong breezes and extremely squally but towrds night became steadier and more moderate only eight men on board forward at 2 PM the ship Sittezen [Citizen] saild the Carpenter and David Nail in prison Mr Lee is getting along very well the Capt started out at eight this evening with six soldiers after the runaways and a lieutenant 24 {1847/09/24} Took part of the runaways and braut them in and put them in the caleboos Simeon Crandall Jere Beck Johnson Stephen Holms Jack Charles Croy[?] 24 {1847/09/24} Took the Carpenters mate Dani Fox John Shay and Mingo the spanyard and put them in the caleboos at Santa Clar Paul Beck Richard Salsbury and two other that would not tell their names. [end of page log955_082.gif] 25 {1847/09/25} moderate breezes and pleasant weather Mr Lee came a board and is getting along very well the Larboard watch ashore on liberty but nearly all the watch remeins in the caleboos and part of the starboard watch 26 {1847/09/26} moderate and clear the starboard watch ashore on liberty at Angel island a hunting Deer five in nomber three of the starboard watch in caleboos and part of them yet in the country 27 {1847/09/27} Acrouse to san say in the boat calm at 10 AM started for ___ in aboat with a few days provision arived at ___ at 5 PM the Capt started up to a ranch a bout four miles distant for a horse to go to the misshion but remeind at the ranch all night in open field in the morning got a horse and went to the mishion Wednesday sent for me to come up to the misshion and we both remeind their all night and took lodging in the orchard Thursday I came down to the boat and the Capt went on bear hunt when I got down to the boat their was nothing to eat the crew kild a crow and a black burd and eat them for dinner me and Crandall [end of page log955_083.gif] started up to the ranch and got a sheep which lasted too days and Friday sent and got too robes[?] of potatoes live on potatoes all this day Saturday went to the ranch and got another sheep at 3 PM noos came for us to go to sant a Clar and Capt Clark would meet us at sant a Clar and two of the men Paul Beck and Richard Saulsbury started at 4 PM started down san Fransa crick got down about 5 miles at dark hauld up the boat and got someting to eat at 6[?] Sunday morning started for sant a Clar arived at 12 noon at 6 PM started for San Francisco at midnight run the boat on a flat and shoved an oar down in the mud and made fast to it Monday morning at 6 started again arived at the ship at 1 PM with two of the men Paul Beck and Richard Salsbury at ___ Quambo a negro run away [end of page log955_084.gif] California San Francisco 4 {1847/10/04} moderate and cloudy imployed in painting ship at 10 AM the Capt came on board with Jer Beck Johnson Holmes John Shay Fox Carpenter Charles Croy David Nail at 3 PM rain Carpenters Mate at the doctors sick not expected to live 5 {1847/10/05} all hands imployed in painting ship 6 {1847/10/06} moderate and clear plesant weather 7 {1847/10/07} first part calm afternoon strong breezes from the SE by saturd 8 {1847/10/08} first part calm after noon strong breezes from the SE by __ at 3 PM weid anchor for Sausolito to get water sunday 9 {1847/10/09} calm got off three rafts of water and stowd it down at about midnight three men swam a shore with a tab[?] Mingo the span and two 10 {1847/10/10} first part calm got of a raft of water and stowd it down at 1 PM weid anchor for San Francisco at 4 PM came to anchor in 6 fathom water off San Francesco [end of page log955_085.gif] California San Francisco 11 {1847/10/11} moderate exchange one man for another man on board of the Armaty[?] of NL 12 {1847/10/12} This morning shipt anothe man and he came on board Charles Williams {1847/10/13} This day strong breezes and cloudy 14 {1847/10/14} First part calm at 6 AM went a shore after beef with four men all went to market in five minutes one was missing James Allen could not be found at half past three the bark ___ came in at 4 PM weid anchor for ___ at 8 PM came to anchor inside of the mouth of the bay in eight fathom water and lay untill daylight 15 {1847/10/15} At 6 AM weid anchor for sea at 10 AM San Francisco harbour bearing NN distant 20 miles at 4 stowd the anchors and unbent the starboard cable and stowd it below 16 {1847/10/16} This 24 hours calm and light airs from the Eastward [end of page log955_086.gif] 17 {1847/10/17} moderate breezes from SE stood to the NE 18 {1847/10/18} moderate breezes from the SW course SE by S running along the land studding sails below and aloft 19 {1847/10/19} moderate breezes from the SW running along the land course SE by S studding sails below and aloft saw a sail standing to the N [end of page log955_087.gif] California San Diego 19 {1847/10/19} Moderate breezes from the W course E by S at 10 AM saw the land at 7 PM came to anchor at the mouth of San ___ outer harbor in five fathom water furld the sails and one boat went up to the hide house and braught down a lanch to take Capt Fich ashore 20 {1847/10/20} at 6 AM lowded the liter and towd it up to the hide house at 4 PM a ship showing French colors came to anchor in the outer harbor 21 {1847/10/21} This morning found the store room open and a bull of gin[?] taken out which was found in the steerage and half of it gorn [end of page log955_088.gif] California San Diego 22 {1847/10/22} at 2 PM the Capt came onboard with Capt Fich two lieutenants at 3 PM ___ the harbor master all went ashore again at 5 PM at 8 set the watch as usual Mr Harris first watch Wansleys second watch in the first watch heard a great deal of noys of running about deck at 10 Wansley took charge of the deck at about quarter past 10 heard so mutch noys that the Mate Mr Lee went on deck to see what it all ment saw the cabbin boy standing by the gally as soon as he saw Mr Lee comming he the cabbin boy run forward and saw a nomber run he Mr Lee inquired what all the running ment about deck he Mr Lee saw the falls of the bow boat lying on deck came below and got his pants and shoes and went on deck and put them on and went forward and lookt in the bow boat and saw a great deal of clothing in the boat came aft and called to me to come on deck that their was something going on I took my pistol and gun out of my burth which was loaded the pistol one ball in each barriel the gun with five of the pistol balls the gun I gave to Crandall the fourth mate the third mate had nothing got on deck past out of the boat bags and bundals of clothing and one bag of bread and one Jug of gin [end of page log955_089.gif] California San Diego put every thing into the cabbin the cook came aft and grould about so mutch noys tha he could not sleep but he the Cook was then half drunk Mr Lee and my self stood watch the remeinder of the night Mr Lee had a six barriel pistol and a double barriel pistol my gun I set in the round hous at 12 midnight lowded a musket and a fowling pe the musket with six balls and the fowling pe with five and set them in the round house with the other gun Crandall Wansley and Williams stayd ondeck at 12 found that the stower room had ben bro open again and the bool of Gin gone Crandall Wansley Williams once in about a half hour would go into the forecastle and get something to drink [end of page log955_090.gif] California San Diego 23 {1847/10/23} This morning at 7 AM cauld all hands Mr Lee told Daniel Fox to set the collors byt he refused and went forward ___ set the colors at the main mast head for Capt Clark at 12 Capt Clark came onboard and cauld for all hands to come aft but none started cauld twice more and none started Capt Clark then cauld Johnson but he did not start so Capt Clark took a stave and struck him lightly so all hands started aft and then Capt Clark ask Fox why he did not set the col when Mr Lee told him he said becaus the rest of them had knoct off and he would do eny thing unles the rest did so seize him up Capt Clark told Paul Be to go and haul down the colo but he would not so seized him up then Capt told Paul Be to go and haul down the col but he would not told him anomber of times and then draud apistol and pointed at him but he would not go then put up the pistol and said he would not shoot him so caut him by the throat but he would not go so seiz him up at half past twelve lieutenant ___ and lieutenant ___ came on board advisee Capt Clark to get underway told the mate [end of page log955_091.gif] California San Diego to mand the windles and a nomber would not go to the wind Charles Croy. John Shay. Carpenter. John Williams. so seiz them up the lieutenants advise them to go to their duty and behave lik men all but Jery agreed to go to their duty Capt Clark gave him twenty lashes which braught him to his duty so mand the windlass and got underway and workt up about a mild and then came to anchor at about 4 PM Captain ___ came onboard with 12 soldiers and Dem[?] with 12 more Capt ___ said if their was anything to be dun he would do it for us damnd quick at 5 PM they went ashore but left us six soldiers a sargent and lieutenant Can and lieutenant Lieutenant Barrows remeind on board lieutenant Canfield went a shore and Charles Williams went a shore on liberty Paul Beck and Jerimiah Beckweth turnd them forward in the forecastle sieze up the cabbin boy to make him tel whare the bull was but he said he did not know so cut him down with out floggin turned him forward [end of page log955_092.gif] California San Diego 24 {1847/10/24} at 8 AM Capt Clark and Lieutenant Burrows went ashore at 10 AM the boat came off with punkins and onions at 5 PM the boat went a shore for Capt Clark and stopt until dark and then came off without him 25 {1847/10/25} At 10 AM sent the boat ashore at 12 Capt Clark came off and ashore a boat came off with Capt Fich Lieutenant Canfield and Donnagil the harbour master and Williams which was on liberty at 3 pm they all went ashore and the soldiers allso at 5 PM Capt C came off with three sheep a hog and four quarters of beef at 7 set the watches the first second and third oficers to stand forward with a loaded gun and to not allow but one man to come on deck at a time. one man aft to look out for them in the steerage [end of page log955_093.gif] Coast of California {1847/10/26} First part calm at half past 10 AM light air from the NW at 11 AM weid anchor and put to sea at 1 PM stowd the anchors steered S by W 27 {1847/10/27} moderate breeezes from the NW course S by W latter fresh breezes and fair weather at 12 midnight saw land bearing SSW hauld up on the wind heading WSW 28 {1847/10/28} Strong breezes from the NW and clear weather at 5 AM tack ship and stood in for the land which proved to be the island Gaude at 8 AM lowerd a boat and poulld in shore to look for Ela[?] but found none at 12 came on board cep off East 29 {1847/10/29} First part moderate breezes from the NNE and cloudy weather at 6 AM saw land the island ___ bearing E by N at 1 PM one boat went in shore at 5 PM the boat came off with five fur seal at 5 steerd S by E commence wetting hole at 4 PM [end of page log955_094.gif] Coast of California 30 {1847/10/30} strong breezes from the N course S by E at 4 AM hauld up ENE at 7 AM saw land a head S. S. Mark at 1 PM one boat went in shore and run a long the land but saw nothing came aboard again stood off and on all night under whole top sails island s Mark 31 {1847/10/31} at 8 AM a boat went ashore to look for Eliphant saw none at 3 PM boat returnd to ship with green turtle at quarter past three brace forward ant stood fo the Southward at 4 boat put off for the shore at dark returnd with more turtle saw Eliphant took one saw plenty hair seal at half past seven brace forward and stood off shore untill midnight SW and then tact ship and stood in shore [end of page log955_095.gif] Novem Coast of California isl MARK October 1 {1847/11/01} Croused along the shore at 8 two boats wint ashore for Eliphant wind NW at 9 AM wind hauld suddingly to the eastward at 10 AM calm at 1 PM moderate breeze WNW at 4 PM one boat came off with turtle at 5 the other boat came off got four Elephant on one island and skend them and kild 17 on another island distant betwen the island 8 or 10 miles left them all on the beach stood off and on all night 2 {1847/11/02} at 8 AM two boats went ashore for the Elephant kid five more and skind and rafted[?] them all 26 in all and towd them along side and took them aboard kild a nomber of seal but left them on the beach stood to the SW until midnight then sterd South. 3 {1847/11/03} moderat breezes WNW run along the land steering various coorses from S to E at 5 PM hauld aback head of shore at 9 bracet forward stood off and on all night 4 {1847/11/04} at 8 AM one boat put of for the shore to look for Elephant at 2 PM boat returnd saw nothing but Cioties ashore wind WNW stood to the Southward and Westward [end of page log955_096.gif] Coast of California 5 {1847/11/05} Strong breezes from the N and W and squally stood to the S and W at 9 AM tact ship and stood to the NE 6 {1847/11/06} strong breezes from the WNW first part stood to the N latter part stood to the S and W {1847/11/00} strong breezes WNW stood to the N at 12 noon tact and stood to the S and W 7 {1847/11/07} strong breezes at 4 PM took in the top gallant sails at 8 AM the island s Mark bearing ESE distant 9 miles at 10 AM one boat put of for the shore got at 40 fathoms of each chain ready for anchoring at 12 noon boat returnd found no Elephants at 1 PM boat put off for the shoar again at 5 PM returnd with two Elephant and shells kild about 40 seals and left them at 6 PM the island distant 10 miles course S thick cloudy weather throught the night 8 {1847/11/08} strong breezes WNW course S dark cloudy weather at 6 AM course SSE at 2 PM hauld up on the wind NNE sounded evry hour throuought the night the night the night but got no bottom [end of page log955_097.gif] Coast of California 1847 November 9 {1847/11/09} moderate breezes WNW course NNW at 10 AM course E at 8 PM hauld a back at 9 bracet forward and steerd ENE at 12 midnight got bottom 58 fathom water lay a back the remeinder of the night 10 {1847/11/10} light airs and calms at daylight saw the land stood off and on all night heading SW by W on one tack and NNE on the other tack at 12 20 fathom at 4, 16 fathom water 11 {1847/11/11} moderate breezes from the __ land distant about 16 miles at 10 one boat put of for the shore but found so mutch tide rips returned to the ship at 1 PM two boats put of for the shore found a very strong tide and very roughf for about two miles sounded out the smoothes passage found shoalest to be 2 1/2 fathoms on the har and 7 fathoms in side of the bar found the harbour to be good a large lagoon or rivver[?] about one mile wide saw a part of a rack ashore saw in another place one cask and about a mild saw another cask markt Valiant at 5 PM returned to the ship stood to the Westward all night [end of page log955_098.gif] Nov Coast of California 1847 12 {1847/11/12} moderate breezes from the N course S by E at 10 AM saw two sails standing to the NE at 4 spoke the Clement NL and Alis Cold at 5 the land in sight stood off and on all night 13 {1847/11/13} moderate breezes NW Clement and Alis insight and the land insight saw blackfish got two stood off and on all night under all sail 14 {1847/11/14} moderate breezes NNW land in sight saw humpbacks Clement and Alis in sight at 6 PM boarded the Clement 15 {1847/11/15} First part calm middle part light air latter part breezes WNW saw humpbacks Clement and Alis insight the land insight distant at noon 8 miles bearing E by N stood to the NNE at 3 tact ship and stood to the SW {1847/11/16} strong breezes NNW stood to the ENE onshore at 12 noon one boat put off for the shore St Marys bay at 6 PM south pint of St Marys bearing ENE distant three miles the Clement and Alis boats ashore at 6 1/2 boat returned to the ship stood of shore all night under whole top sails [end of page log955_099.gif] November 17 {1847/11/17} wind NNW at 4 AM tact ship and stood to the __ split the fore top sail unbent it and bent another all hands imployed in cleaning deck at 4 PM double reeft the fore top sail one sail in sight to leeward at 6 PM tact ship and stood off shore 18 {1847/11/18} moderate breezes WNW made all sail and stood in shore two sails in sight at 2 PM lowerd one boat for Humpbacks and gallied him at 3 spoke the Clement and gamd at 6 spoke the Alis and his boat came along side at 10 PM boats returned to their ships stood in shore until 12 midnight and then tact ship and stood off shore 19 {1847/11/19} calm imployed in setting up top mast riggin at 4 PM light air from the WNW stood to the NNW until 9 PM and then tact and stood to the SW three sails in sight 20 {1847/11/20} moderate breezes WNW stood off the land at 7 PM tact ship and stood to the NNE[?] in shore at 11 AM spoke the ship Canton of New Bedford 14 monts out 140 bls the Clement and Alis in sight [end of page log955_100.gif] {1847/11/21} Moderate breezes NNW stood to the Westward at 6 PM tact ship and stood to NE saw Hump-backs two sails in sight at 1 PM saw another sail at 5 PM took in top gallant sails stood to the SW {1847/11/22} Light air WNW stood too the WSW one sail in sight spoke to the ship Cortes of New Bedford 2000 bls saw four others[?] sails stood to the NNE at 6 PM took in the top gallant sails for the night {1847/11/23} Light airs WNW stood to the WSW one sail in sight at 3 PM saw whales 3 miles off lowerd for them boats leeking very bad third mate returnd to the ship the other three boats continued chaseing at last came up with the suppose whales which prouve to be blackfish starboard boat struck one and saved[?] him the thurd mate saw spurm whales so put in the boat two deck buckets and started off and got clost on but boat half full of water could only pull four oars one man haveing to bail the boat at dark got a long side with the blackfish and took him in saw the other ships boats down a whaleing [end of page log955_101.gif] California St Marys {1847/11/24} Calm air clear weather saw Sordfish lowerd one boat for them but no catch him saw one turtle at 10 PM light air NNW steerd NE {1847/11/25} Light air Westward steerd ESE the land in sight St Marys harbor bearing ESE one sail insight a boyling at 1 PM caught a shark which had 48 sharks in side of him and two suckers in his gills all alive 26 {1847/11/26} Light air W steerd ESE for St Mary harbor at 5 AM thick fog wind hauld NE at 8 AM cleard up the land at St Marys harbor bearing ESE distant 10 miles at 9 A got up the chains and bent them at 10 two boats put off for the harbor to get turtle at 5 boats returned with 6 turtle {1847/11/27} Light air W run down the __ at 10 AM one boat put off for the shore at 2 PM boat returnd steerd for ___ bay at 6 PM came to anchor in Mar___ bay 14 fathoms water [end of page log955_102.gif] Novemb Margareta Bay California 28 {1847/11/28} Moderate breezes at 5 AM called all hands and got under way at half past five calm lowerd the boats and towd at 6 calld the boats along side light air from the NE at 7 calm and thick fog at half past eight let the anchor drop under foot at 9 one boat put off to sound struck a devil fish and kilt him cut off his tail and let him go at half past nine hove up at 10 came to anchor in 14 fathoms water furld the sails at 10 1/2 one boat put off to explore the bay fitted out for a weeks cruise the bark Clement and Canton at anchor in shore of us both Capt absent exploreing 29 {1847/11/29} Begins with light winds from the NW at this place we hav regular land and sea breezes the former from the eastward the latter from from the oposit direction Capt Clark and boat are still absent exploring the Bay 30 {1847/11/30} Begins with light air NW at 4 PM ship Citison entered the Bay she left 4 days ago in concequence of hearing of the lost of the ship Hope of Providence ashore on coast to the northward 90 miles of this bay she aad[?] on board at the time of the disaster 2400 bls of oil the Capt and crew left her and came down inland in their boats to this place the Citison got under way for the rack found and obtaind 1400 bls of oil drifted ashore the ship a compleet rack [end of page log955_103.gif] {1847/12/00} Moderate breezes from the NW imployed in setting up top mast rigging wooding and sundry other jobs Capt Clark still absent {1847/12/00} Begins with light air at daylight Capt Clark returnd lain all night in the boat within a mile of the ship imployed in fitting out three boats with grub and water to go to the rack for da[?] spars and two tanks at 3 PM put off for the rack at sundown campt about 25 from the ship {1847/12/00} At daylight got som grub and started for the rack pulld all day at dark campt about 70 or 75 miles from the ship past thee large rafts of oil and ten boats {1847/12/00} At daylight started off for the rack at 6 past two of the Bingham's boats bound too the ship with a raft of spars and dave[?] at 9 AM landed and went and lookt at one tank and fund the cock gown two went up afoot along the beach the remeinder went back to the boats and started for the wrack arived at the rack at about 10 Am found twelve Spanyards at the rack allso found they had the cock which they gave up sent one boat out with a anchor and lines one boat went down inside with plank roalers and bars [end of page log955_104.gif] to get off the tanks let go the anchor and two natives of ___ swam throu the surf ashore with the lines hauld off the tanks to anchor boats and all hands returned to the wreck and got som grub and all three boats started for the tanks took the tanks in tow at sundown got the tank in the lagoon and made fast ashore {1847/12/00} This day slopt to the wreck untill about noon with two boats one boat of to get the roalers and the lines to get off the other tank got down about 8 miles and anchord the tank and went ashore and campt for the night all three boats {1847/12/00} This morning at sunrise two boats started with the tank and one boat put off for the ship for provisions and water at sundown the boats crews campt for the night {1847/12/00} This morning started with the two boats to get off the other tank at about 11 AM had the tank in the lagoon after wadeing about three miles in the surf caught four turtle saw two boats bound to the wreck the tide not right for us so stopt at the same camp ground as the night before caught a Cowfish [end of page log955_105.gif] {1847/12/008} This morning at daylight started for the tanks one of them being aground had to wate for the tide to rize at about 8 AM got it afloat lashed both tanks to gather a deck beem on one side and a top gallant yard on the oposit side and devits on top at 9 AM weid anchor and took the tanks in tow at 12 noon the other boat returnd from the ship with provision and water all three boats then towd untill 9 in the evening then anchord the tanks and campt for the night {1847/12/00} This morning at daylight started with the tanks and towd untill sundown one boat put off for the ship the other two boats campt for the night {1847/12/00} This morning could not start on account off the flood tide at 11 the tide surved one boad came from the ship with a royal and top gallant studding sail boom which we set on the tank and all three boats towd at 7 in the evening arived to the ship with the tanks [end of page log955_106.gif] {1847/12/00} This day commence tearing up the decks eight ships at anchor in the Bay the Citizen Sagharbor Magnolia New Bedford Edward New Bedford Braganza New Bedford Canton New Befford Bowdich Providence a French ship and the George Stonington in a st at mutiny on board {1847/12/00}ÿThis day imployed in ripping up the decks the blacksmith imployed in makeing irons for seven of the George's muteneers {1847/12/00} This day imployed in getting in one of the tanks and stowing it blacksmith imployed in makeing boalts for the deck {1847/12/00} This day imployed in getting in the second tank and stowing it but did not finish it {1847/12/00} This day imployed in stowing the tank broke the windlast and split one mans tow with the brake {1847/12/00} This day imployed in painting boats one boat off a clamming at boat returned at dark [end of page log955_107.gif] {1847/12/00} This day imployed in reairing the deck between main hatch and triworks blacksmith imployed in repairing the windlass the docter visiting us twice a day morning and evening this morning took off Daniel Fox towe that was mashed by the windlass thick fog at 11 AM cleard up one boat put off for the bay {1847/12/00} This day imployed in repairing and calking deck between main hatch and triworks blacksmith imployed in repairing the windlass saw two whales in the bay one boat absent down lee bay at 8 AM Magnolia got underway bound up the bay {1847/12/00} This day imployed in calking the deck and brakeing out water to find out how mutch their was on board at 3 PM bark George of Stonington got underway for lee bay one boat belonging to ship Stiglet at the wreck catsized in the surf lost boat and oars {1847/12/00} At 10 AM delivered to ship Citizen 9 casks of water about 40 bls Carpenter and blacksmith imployed as yesterday boat returned from lee bay [end of page log955_108.gif] 1846 22 {1847/12/22} One boat put of for lee bay Carpenter finished the decks blacksmith imployed at the forge ship Portsmouth took a hump back 23 {1847/12/23} This morning thick fog at 9 AM cleard away blacksmith imployed at forge repairing windlass gear Carpenter imployed erecting davits for fifth boat saw two devil fish 24 {1847/12/24} This clear and plesant one boat ashore returnd at dark one boat absent at lee bay 25 {1847/12/25} This day clear and plesant one boat absent at lee bay 26 {1847/12/26} This day begins with thick fog hands imployed in ships duty varyous jobs boat returnd from lee bay with a keg of brandy and a fishing net at 10 clear 27 {1847/12/27} This day imployed in heaveing forward the larboard tank at 3 PM one boat put off a fishing turnd all the boats over for painting 28 {1847/12/28} This day cloudy painted one boat two ships came in names unnown [end of page log955_109.gif] 28 {1847/12/29} This day begins with cloudy weather imployed in painting boats and sundry other jobs at 2 PM rain at 4 cleard up 30 {1847/12/30} This day clear and plesant at noon the ship got underway for lee bay at dark the ship came in and anchord 31 {1847/12/31} This day clear weather one boat put off up the bay to find a place to lay to whale it saw a nomber of whales but only one with a calf [end of page log955_110.gif] January 1 Margarita Bay California 1847 1 {1848/01/01} This day January the first eighteen hundred and forty eight begins with fine and clear and plesant weather two boats put off to sound out a channel to get up the bay found the end of the sand spit one boat remaind on the sand spit the other returnd to the ship at 3 PM ship got underway and steerd for the boat on the sandspit arivd at the boat on the spit and then cep two boats ahead a sounding at dark anchord in 9 fathom water clued up the sails and let them hang for the night 2 {1848/01/02} This day begins with clear weather at daylight got underwey at 8 came to anchor in three fathom water at 9 three boats put off to find a channel but without success returnd to the ship at 4 PM got underwey hauld off in six fathoms water clued up the sails and let them hang for the night 3 {1848/01/03} This day begins with thick fog at 7 AM cleard up one boat put off to see if their was any cows with calves one boat put off for the ships on the oposit side of the bay at 3 PM one boat returnd got underway at 8 anchord in 10 fathoms water on the oposit side of the bay the second Mt of the ship ___ stabbed the Capt in four places yester [end of page log955_111.gif] 1847 Margarita Bay California 4 {1848/01/04} This day begins with thick fog at 8 clear made all sail and weid anchor nearly calm got about one hundred rods and came to anchor again with all sail on at 12 noon boat returnd saw 3 whales but no calves saw a number of whales from the ship 5 {1848/01/05} This day begins with clear and plesant weather at daylight got under wey got up about two miles and came to anchor 6 {1848/01/06} This morning an hour before daylight got under way wind breezed up took in sail and towd with the boats untill the tide turned got up about 10 miles 7 {1848/01/07} This day got underwey at daylight and towd up at sunrize seven other boats came and helpt us tow got up to the shipping at 9 AM and anchord one boat put off a fishing returnd at 4 PM rather poor success one boat put off with a pipe to set a trap for a Ciotia [coyote?] {1848/01/08} Moderate and foggy at 10 AM cleard up saw two whales [end of page log955_112.gif] 9 {1848/01/09} Calm and thick fog two boats put of to see if their was any whales up the lagoons at 10 AM fog cleard up at 4 PM boats returnd saw 14 whales with calves saw 4 whales from the ship 10 {1848/01/10} This day clear weather wind from the SSW four ships got under way to come up one got up two got aground at nearly high water the tide fell and left them at low water about one fathom around them the other anchord in the chanel but got underwey again and got up to the shipping at 11 PM cauld all hands and lowerd four boats and put off for the ship Portsmouth too get her off but the tide was not full enough saw thre whales 11 {1848/01/11} This day begins with thick fog at 10 AM cleard up at 8 AM 14 boats came alongside for small cable and anchor at 9 AM nineteen boats took the cable and anchor and started for the Portsmouth got within 40 rods of her when she got off took the cable anchor back to the ship again but the tide fell away and left her aground the Bo__ still aground saw three or four whales [end of page log955_113.gif] 12 {1848/01/12} This day begins with thick fog one boat put off for iron poals and one a fishing at 12 noon fog cleard up at 5 PM boat returnd with iron poals at 6 PM boat returnd with about two hundred mullet and bluefish saw two whales caught a Ciotia [coyote?] this morn 13 {1848/01/13} This day clear weather one boat put off to see how many whales their was in the lagoons at 5 PM boat returnd havving seen a twelve whales hands imployed in loosing sails and clearing triworks and sundry other jobs saw two sails out the heads strong breezes from the __ 14 {1848/01/14} This day clear weather at seven boat went a shore to the trap returnd with a Ciotia 15 {1848/01/15} This day clear weather two boats put off for turtles at 4 AM at 7 AM one boat put off for the lagoons to see how many whales their was at 6 PM one boat returnd with sea[?] turtle at 7 the boat returnd from the lagoons saw 9 whales at 10 PM the third boat returnd with 5 turtle saw plenty whales out side of the heads [end of page log955_114.gif] January Margarita Bay California 16 {1848/01/16} This day the ships in this bay commence a whaling at 4 AM all five boats put off for the lagoons to whale at sunrise the larboard quarter boat struck a whale the starboard quarter boat under run the line and fastened at about 8 the starboard quarter boat got stove the waist boat took the line at about half past eight kild the calf and the cow stove the waist boat the larboard quarter boat drawd came up and took the waist boats line two men got foul of the line so had to cut and let the whale go and towd the stoven boats aboard the bow boat got stove by another whale when they struck 17 {1848/01/17} This morning at 4[?] AM the four boats put off for the starboard lagoon at 8 AM the larboard quarter boat struck a whale fourth Mt kild him the whale turnd up in shoal water left him and put for another whale at 3 PM the larboard quarter boat struck the third Mt kild him and he sunk the waist boat put off for the first whale so too get him afloat at high water but the whale was hard and fast ground at about 10 PM the starboard bow boat came and the waist boat returnd too the ship arived too the at midnight [two whale stamps] [end of page log955_115.gif] 18 {1848/01/18} This morning got the whale afloat two boats put off for the whale at 8 AM two more boats put off for the first whale with a kedg anchor at 2 PM got the whale aground and left him and started for last whale got him along side at sundown and cut him in the starboard bow boat put off at 7 PM for the whale and lay by him all night 19 {1848/01/19} This morning two boats put off for the lagoon to whale it untill high water chast but without success at 10 AM took the whale in tow and towd it too the ship Citizen and waited for the tide to turn at 4 PM took the whale in tow again and towd it alongside and cut it in and 20 {1848/01/20} This morning four boats put off down the bay for whales saw three whale and chast withought success returnd to ship at dark 21 {1848/01/21} This morning put of at four AM for the larboard lagoon at about noon the larboard quarter boat struck a whale kild him but spouted no blood and he sunk hauld him up and towd it in shoal water one boat put off for the ship left three boats with the whale so to range him at low water but without success [whale stamp] [end of page log955_116.gif] Margarita Bay California 22 {1848/01/22} This morning commencet to range the whale without water or provisions and 60 or 70 miles the ship at 11 AM left the whale and put for the ship at 12 noon met the starboard quarter boat with water and provisions two boats went to the whale the other two returnd to the ship arived at midnight 23 {1848/01/23} This morning three boats put off at 4 for the starboard lagoon saw whales chast with out success all hands wourred out at midnight one boat returned too the ship from the blubber 24 {1848/01/24} This morning three boats put off as usal for the starboard lagoon saw five whales two with calves and boats in chase at 1 PM went up the larboard lagoon for the blubber but did not find it nor the boat returned to the ship 25 {1848/01/25} This morning at 4 three boats put off for the blubber at 10 AM all hookt on and towed arived at the ship at sundown took part of it aboard and put remeind along side all night [end of page log955_117.gif] Margarita Bay California 26 {1848/01/26} This morning put off for the larboard lagoon saw nothing returned to the ship at 1 PM at 3 PM one boat put off down the bay to get cutting falls and oars at 5 PM returnd without any 27 {1848/01/27} This morning at 4 AM three boats started up the starboard lagoon distant about 12 miles saw one whale at 12 noon returned to the ship the topsails mast headed and hove short boats got alongside weid anchor for the mouth of the lee bay at 7 PM came to anchor in 7 fathom water 28 {1848/01/28} This morning five boats started and pulld in shore about three miles saw plenty whales chast and mist the whale the whale struck and broke the bow oar at 3 PM one boat put off for lee bay and the thre other boats returnd to the ship 29 {1848/01/29} This morning at 4 AM boats put off for fish cove saw whales but no calves at 4 PM boats returnd to ship at half past 4 boat returnd to the ship last night two men left the ship in a mincin tub distant to the nearest shore three miles they took with them two boat cans of water about six gallons each and a bac of bread Paul Beckwith and Jack Williams [end of page log955_118.gif] January Margarita Bay California 30 {1848/01/30} This day imployed in wooding ship saw one whale with a calf 31 {1848/01/31} This morning two boats put off a wooding two a oystering and one went up the lagoon to the ship Edward at 4 boats returnd with wood and oysters at 7 boat returnd from the Edward with a letter bag that came from the wreck brig Com Stocton which went ashore a few days ago about 20 miles to the southward whare the Hope was cast away the brig Com Stocton had onboard naval stores bound to Mas land she went to peaces but saved principal part of the cargo [end of page log955_119.gif] February Margarita Bay California 1 {1848/02/01} This 24 hours begins with moderat breezes as usual but cloudy weather {1848/02/02} This day moderate breezes at 8 AM lowerd three boats and put off for the ship Citizen of Sag Harbor for casks towd them along side and took on board at 9 AM got under way with a moderat breeze from __ at 1 PM came to anchor at the mouth of the bay four boats put off a fishing and turtleing at __ boats returnd 3 {1848/02/03} This day begins with dark cloudy weather at 7 AM got under way for the Sandwich islands with a light air from the Eastward two boats put off a turtleing at 12 noon the West headland bore __ distant 8 miles one boat returnd withought any turtle hauld the main yard aback and waited for the other boat at 3 PM boat returnd with 6 turtle hands imployed in stowing wood and casks below at 4 PM stowd the anchors and unbent the cables below at 5 PM strong breezes from the NW course W by S [end of page log955_120.gif] February 4 {1848/02/04} Moderat breezes NW course W by S 5 {1848/02/05} First part calm middle and latter light airs NE course W by S 6 {1848/02/06} First part light airs NE latter part moderat breezes WNW 7 {1848/02/07} Light airs and calms imployed in breaking out the fore peak to stow oil 8 {1848/02/08} Light air from the NNW course WSW imployed in stowing oil 9 {1848/02/09} Moderat breezes from the NNE course WSW imployed in stowing oil 10 {1848/02/10} Moderat breezes from the E course WSW imployed in brakeing out the after hole to fin out how mutch breat their was on board 11 {1848/02/11} Light airs and vaiables wind course WSW 12 {1848/02/12} Moderat breezes NE course W by S 13 {1848/02/13} Moderat breezes ENE course W by S 14 {1848/02/14} Calm latter part light air course W 1/2 S [end of page log955_121.gif] 1 {1848/02/15} First part moderat breezes NE middle and latter part strong breezes from the E course W 1/2 S 1 {1848/02/16} First part moderat breezes E course W 1/2 S latter wind NE and cloudy 17 {1848/02/17} Strong breezes throught the twenty four hours and squally with rain steerd W under all sail {1848/02/00} Strong breezes and squally with rain steerd W under all sail {1848/02/00} This 24 hours strong breezes first part rain latter part fine weather course W {1848/02/00} Throught these 24 hours strong trades with showers of rain {1848/02/00}ÿThis 24 hours stong winds SE split the fore top mast studding sail repaired the same and set it again {1848/02/00} This 24 hours wind SE first and middle strong breezes and squally split the top gallant studding sail repaird same and set it again course W by S 1/2 S [end of page log955_122.gif] 22 {1848/02/22} Light airs SE at 8 AM wind headed off to WNW Abraham Brown has been very sick since we left the bay has this day had fits and is dangerous complains of pains in his left side 23 {1848/02/23} Begins with light winds from the E from 4 PM to 8 calm then light winds from the N at 10 PM fresh winds set the studding sails course WSW at 12 midnight wind varied to the NE 24 {1848/02/24} Begins with light winds NE throught the night wind from the NNW course SW by S {1848/02/00} Begins with light airs from NE with fair weather from 8 to 12 had fresh winds from the SE latter light airs 25 {1848/02/25} Commence with moderat eastly wind with fair weather course S by W {1848/02/26} First part moderat eastly winds with fair weather course W by S and WSW at 6 AM light winds and clowdy saw the island Mowee bearing SW the East part dist 25 miles at 12 noon the E point bore SSW dist 15 miles [end of page log955_123.gif] {1848/02/27} Begins with light Eastly winds with rain course SW at 4PM bent the cables at 6 took in the studding sails rainy throughout the night lay with the main top sail to the mast all night 28 {1848/02/28} Begins with Eastly winds at 6 AM steerd W by S along the land light airs and calms and rain at 4 PM cleard up saw the passage between Mowee and Morotoi [Molokai] and steerd for it at 6 PM calm N part of Mowee bearing W by S dist two miles calm throughout the night 29 {1848/02/29} Begins with calms at 10 AM light air from the N enterd the passage between Mowee and Morotoi at 4 PM anchord off Lahaina in 13 fathoms water [end of page log955_124.gif] Sandwich Islands 1848 {1848/03/01} At 7 AM weighed anchor and stood in shore and anchored in 11 fathoms water at 10 AM starboard watch went ashore on liberty the larboard watch imployed in getting casks ashore for water Docter came on board to visit Abraham Brown at 3 PM Doct came on board again at 6 PM boat went ashore for liberty men about one third returnd to the ship at 8 PM boat put away 2 time after the remainder all returnd but the Carpenter and Williams a boat steerer dis-charged 6 men that shipt in the bay 2 {1848/03/02} At 6 AM got off a raft of water the larboard watch ashore on liberty dis-charged 6 men Williams in the fort in irons stowd the water and sent the raft ashore again dis charged Jeremiah Beckwith and William a dutchman 3 {1848/03/03} At 6 AM got a raft of water and took it on board and stowd it and sent raft ashore took in sixty barrels of potatoes on board one barrel of sugar and cutting falls starboard watch ashore on liberty sent Abraham Brown to the hospital [end of page log955_125.gif] 4 {1848/03/04} This day imployed in makeing spunyarn to bunch bone larboard watch a shore on liberty 5 {1848/03/05} This day all hands aboboard imployed in bunchin and drying bone 6 {1848/03/06} This day imployed in stowing water starboard watch on liberty 7 {1848/03/07} This day imployed in landing bone a shore 8 {1848/03/08} This day imployed in takeing in sweet potatoes aboard and exchangeing beef for salmon 9 {1848/03/09} This day imployed at stowing bone ashore Carpenter and Charles Croy 10 {1848/03/10} This day light air from the __ at 8 AM got on board the men that slept here eight natives and two blacks at 2 PM weid anchor and got under way but had to come to anchor again it being calm at 10 PM Nail swam a shore or undertook to it is not known whether he got a shore or not [end of page log955_126.gif] 11 {1848/03/11} This day calm at 7 AM weig anchor and made all sail two boats ahead towing at 8 AM cauld the boats along side the ship Corea[?] got under way at the same time at 10 AM Capt Clark went ashore again at 6 PM Capt C came aboard wore ship and stood out with a strong breeze undertook to hook on the waist boat while underway but catsize hur luft to and lowerd another boat and pict hur up hoysted up the boats and cep off took in top gallant sails and jib at dark hauld in under Rani at 12 mid night hauld aback under Mowee 12 {1848/03/12} This day begins with light air from the NNE at 8 AM boat put off for the shore with Cpt C at 6 boat returnd to the ship Capt C remeind ashore the ship put off for Oahu at 7 strong breezes took in top-gallant sails wind NNE course W 1/2 N 13 {1848/03/13} Commence with strong breezes NNE at 2 AM double reeft the top sails at 4 AM Diamond head bearing N distant 3 miles at 2 PM took in main sail mizon topsail and fore top sail [end of page log955_127.gif] 14 {1848/03/14} This 24 hours strong gales NNE under double reefe main top sail and fore sail at 8 AM set clost reefe fore and mizon top sails at 2 PM set the main sail stood to the NNW at 8 PM wore ship and stood to the __ 15 {1848/03/15} This 24 hours strong gales NNE stood off and on all these 24 hours under double reefe top sails at 2 PM blowd away the jib 16 {1848/03/16} This 24 hours gales NNE stood off and on under clost reefe top sails at daylight saw the ship ___ made a signal that Capt C was onboard stood for hur and run down the land and hove to off Honolulu lowerd and went on board of the above ship for Capt C and braught him on board with the three men that run away at Mowee the Carpenter Chs Croy and David Nail that swam ashore took and put them down in the run at 10 AM boat put off for Honolulu at 2 PM boat returnd to the ship for the ships pump at 3 PM put off tor the shore with the pump in tow [end of page log955_128.gif] Sandwich Islands 17 {1848/03/17} Strong gales ship standing off and on blowing to heavy to go of with the pump remeind ashore this 24 hours 18 {1848/03/18} This day more moderat at 10 AM took the pump and started for the ship got along side hoysted in the pump and took up the boat and made all sail and put off afore the wind WSW 19 {1848/03/19} This day strong breezes and squally course WSW wind NNE 20 {1848/03/20} This day strong breezes NNW and squally with rain at 6 AM wind SSW at 11 AM carried away the flying jib boom in a squall let go the top gallant halyards and top sayl also parted the main brace and the top gallant sheets and clulines furled the top gallant sails and double reeft the top sails at 4 PM set whole top sails at 5 PM set top gallant sails at 11 PM took in top gallant sails and hauld up the main sail when the squall struck the ship hard aback let go the top sail halyards raind in torrance at 12 calm hoysted up the top sails [end of page log955_129.gif] North Pacific Ocean 21 {1848/03/21} This day begins with calm and cloudy weather at 4 AM set top gallant sails at 6 AM light air NNW stood to the W by S imployed in sundry jobs 22 {1848/03/22} This 24 hours strong breezes and cloudy weather carpenter imployed at makeing a flying jib boom blacksmith at the forge wind NNW course W by S 23 {1848/03/23} Moderat breezes NNW course W by S[?] carpenter imployed at makeing a flying jib boom blacksmith at the forge 24 {1848/03/24} moderat breezes ENE course W by S Carpenter imployed at makeing a flying jib boom blacksmith at the forge at 12 sent out the flying jib boom and set up the riggin wind hauld to the ESE 25 {1848/03/25} moderat breezes ENE course W by S at 4 PM calm at 8 PM light air NE and cloudy at 12 strong breezes at 12 midnight took in top gallant sails 26 {1848/03/26} Strong breezes dark cloudy squally weather under whole top sails at 4 AM double reefe the top sails course W by S [end of page log955_130.gif] 27 {1848/03/27} Strong gales and dark cloudy squally weather and rain under double reefe top sails at 12 noon more moderate made all sail and set whole top sails set top mast and lower studding sails in about 10 minuets caried away boom course W by S 28 {1848/03/28} Strong breezes and cloudy weather course W by S 29 {1848/03/29} Strong breezes and squally course W by S 30 {1848/03/30} Strong breezes and dark cloudy squally weather course W by S 31 {1848/03/31} Strong breezes NE and squally course W by S at 8 AM took in top gallant sails at 12 noon double reefe the top sails at 1 PM roald under the bow boat and started all the wood ends on one side [end of page log955_131.gif] April 1 {1848/04/01} Begins with strong gales from the NE course W 1/2 S under single reefe top sails 2 {1848/04/02} Strong gales and squally shook out the reefes and set top gallant sails at 4 PM took in top gallant sails squally with rain 3 {1848/04/03} Strong breezes and squally course W 1/2 S wind NE split the top mast studding sail while setting it at 11 AM the jib sheet got unhookt from the clew parted the leeach roap and tore[?] the jib unbent it to repair Black smith imployed at the forge amakeing boat nails 4 {1848/04/04} Strong gales ENE course W 1/2 S set studding sails imployed in making kegs for booys for the lines 5 {1848/04/05} Strong gales NE course W by S 6 {1848/04/06} Strong gales NE course W by N squally dark cloudy weather with rain 7 {1848/04/07} Moderat breezes NE course W by N and squally with rain [end of page log955_132.gif] 8 {1848/04/08} Moderate breezes NE course W by N imployed at cutting off main channels and putting on a chain plate for the main swifter so to be out of the way a cutting in whales saw one Finback 9 {1848/04/09} Light rain and calms these 24 hours imployed at repairing the larboard bow boat 10 {1848/04/10} Light air NE at 2 PM saw Black fish lowerd four boats the starboard quarter boat struck and drawd the starboard bow boat struck and kild took him aboard boats returned and hoysted up at 5 PM lowrd again for Blackfish but without success at half past five saw the island St Augustine one of the Bonian islands bearing WNW dist about four miles [whale stamp] 11 {1848/04/11} Moderat breezes NE course NW by W 1/2 W at 5 AM the island August bearing NE distant 10 miles saw the Sulpher island bearing NW by N distant 25 miles at 12 noon altered the course W by N at 6 PM saw whales distant 4 miles supposed to be spurm whales too late to run for them [end of page log955_133.gif] North Pacific Ocean April 12 {1848/04/12} Moderate breezes and squally wind hauld to SE course W by N 1/2 N latter part dark cloudy weather 13 {1848/04/13} Moderate breezes SE course WNW middle and latter part squally wind hauld to the WNW 14 {1848/04/14} Moderate breezes WNW at 10 AM saw plenty humpbacks at 12 noon tack ship and stood to the WSW at 4 PM tack and stood to the Northward at 6 PM wind hauld to the NE course WNW 15 {1848/04/15} Moderate breezes NE course NW at 7 AM saw a spurm whale going verry quick to the Eastward 16 {1848/04/16} Strong gales NE course NW by N at 10 PM took in studding sails and top gallant sails Japan Tung Hai Sea 17 {1848/04/17} Strong gales WNW at 4 AM hauld on the wind to the N and E with the head yards aback at day light fild away and stood to the NW thick cloudy weather at 10 AM saw land bearing WNW distant about 20 miles at 11 AM saw Jappan bearing E by N distant 25 miles at 3 PM saw a junk bound to the westward at 6 PM altered the course NW by N two men aloft too look out for land at 10 PM saw land ahead past within a mild the Westward of it [end of page log955_134.gif] Tung Hai Sea 18 {1848/04/18} Strong breezes course NW by N thick cloudy weather at 12 saw land bearing ESE at 2 PM thick fog at 7 calm at 9 PM light air course NNW fog cleared up Straits of Corea 19 {1848/04/19} Moderate breezes course N by W at 2 PM land on both sides wind SW course NE 1/2 E 20 {1848/04/20} Moderate breezes and calms throughout these 24 hours course NE 21 {1848/04/21} Moderate breezes and cloudy weather wind N stood to the E at daylight saw three sails standing to the Eastward one under double reefe top sails at 7 saw plenty Humpbacks all three ships awhaleing at 10 AM saw a Rite Whale lowerd and chast at 11 boats returnd 22 {1848/04/22} Calms and light airs thre sails insight twoo barks one ship stood to the East all night [end of page log955_135.gif] Japan Sea 23 {1848/04/23} Moderat breezes land in sight at 12 noon saw whales lowerd and the Mt struck fifth Mt kild him with a iron and he sunk but hauld him up calm one boat held him up and three towd for the ship at dark got him alongside and let the whale lay for the night 24 {1848/04/24} This day begins with moderat weather at 5 AM called all hands imployed at halling up the whale and prepairing for cutting middle and latter part strong breezes at 12 noon double reefe the top sails stood to the Eastward 25 {1848/04/25} This day begins with moderate breezes from the Eastward at 5 AM called all hands for a whale clost to the ship lowerd and chast at last the Mt struck kild and took the whale alongside of the ship and he sank got way on ship and towd him up hooked on and cut him in and started the works saw plenty whales double reefe the top sails and stood to the Northward and Eastward 26 {1848/04/26} Moderat breezes and plesant weather stood to the N & W at 10 tack ship and stood S & E 27 {1848/04/27} Moderate breezes stood to the S and E at 12 noon saw whales lowerd and chast dark cloudy weather with plenty rain [end of page log955_136.gif] Japan Sea 28 {1848/04/28} Moderat breezes from the Westward stood ESE at 7 saw whales foggy lost sight of them in the fog at 12 noon calm 29 {1848/04/29} Moderat breezes and calms throughout these 24 hours at 8 AM commence braking out after hole at 1 PM spoke the ship Patriot of Bremen at 2 PM saw whales lowerd and chast whales going quick to the NE 30 {1848/04/30} moderat breezes NNE stood to the S and Eastward imployed at stowing down oil the two whales stowd down 100 bbls at 10 AM[?] light air from the Westward stood to the E May the first 1848 May 1 {1848/05/01} moderat breezes WSW course East at daylight saw a junk standing to the Eastward set studding sails in chase but could not gain on hur at 2 PM gave up the chase and took in studding sails the Patriot insight land insight to the Southward distant 20 miles [end of page log955_137.gif] Japan Sea May 2 {1848/05/02} Light airs and calms these 2 hours five junks in sight off deck one a half mile off they out oars to get away but could not at 7 AM lowerd and went a board but could not understand anything they said gave them a slab of bone and they gave us a small jar of maple sugar when the boat got alongside of them they commencet bowing their heads nearly tutching the deck and when leving there was five men and one woman on board at 1 PM lowerd and puld for another junk two miles off and boarded him show them a chart and they showd theirs gave us to understand their was plenty whales to the Northward and Eastward at half past 1 PM saw whales lowerd and the third Mt struck and lost his line chast but could not cum up with him saw fin backs cow fish and schools of mackrel at 7 PM took in the top gallant sails and hauld up the courses and set boats crew watches for the night 3 {1848/05/03} Light airs and calms and hazy weather four junks in sight and plenty whales lowerd the two quarter boats and both boats struck a whale the starboard boat got a man hurt by the whale strikeing his oar SMt kild the starboard boats whale ___ kild the larboard boats whale took them both alongside and cut them both in finished cutting at dark took in top gallant sails for the night set boats crew watches [two whale stamps] [end of page log955_138.gif] 4 {1848/05/04} Moderat breezes saw whales lowerd twice and chast but got none at dark took in top gallant sails lay all night with the main top sail aback headding to the Northward at 6 this morning started the works 5 {1848/05/05} Moderat breezes and hazy saw plenty whales lowerd and got one at 10 AM got another the third Mt struck them both took them along side at 3 PM and commence cutting got off head throat and lips of one at dark let the boddy and one whale lay alongside for the night [two whale stamps] 6 {1848/05/06} Strong breezes and cloudy weather and drizling rain at 6 AM took in fore and mizon top sail and clost reeft the main saw plenty whales hook on and finished cutting one whale at 9 AM wore ship and hookt on and commence cutting but too rugged so let the whale lay until 1 PM at 1 hookt on and commence cutting got off the head throat and lips and wore ship and took in the boddy to the windward stood to the Northward all night under clost reefe main top sail and fore sail [end of page log955_139.gif] 7 {1848/05/07} Moderat breezes but rugged weather at 3 PM saw whales lowerd and the Mt struck third Mat got second boat past got a foul of the Mats boat and capized hur the third Mt cut and the whale went off the Mts lance[?] and four irons in him 8 {1848/05/08} Moderat breezes and calms saw right whales humpbacks and finbacks lowerd at 4 PM two boats the fourth Mt struck the whale took out nearly all his line and it parted and the whale went off with the line and three irons and a keg 9 {1848/05/09} Strong breezes and drizling rain at 6 AM double reefe the four top sail at 10 AM set whole fore top sail at half past tenn saw whales lowerd and the third Mt struck Mt kild him at 6 PM took the whale a long side took in sail and set the watch for the night [whale stamp] 10 {1848/05/10} Moderat beezes at 6 AM calld all hands and commence cutting and finished cutting at 4 PM at 7 PM set the watch for the night 11 {1848/05/11} Moderat breezes at 5 AM set whoal top sails saw finbacks at 4 PM saw Rite whales at 7 PM set the watch for the night [end of page log955_140.gif] May 12 {1848/05/12} Moderat breezes at 6 AM spoke the ship Arther[?] of St Johns N Brunswic at 10 AM saw a whale lowerd and the third Mt struck S Mt kild him and he sunk saw finbacks [drawing of whale's tail] 13 {1848/05/13} Light airs and calms at 5 AM thick fog at 7 AM cleared up imployed at brakeing out to stowdown 14 {1848/05/14} Light airs imployed at stowing down oil at 2 PM thick fog at 12 midnight fog cleard up coold down at 7 PM at 7 clewd down the top sails and hauled out the reefe tacles and lay with the main top sail aback all night heading to the N and W 15 {1848/05/15} Moderat breezes from the SW stood to the Eastward imployed at stowing down oil at 2 PM wind to the Eastward stood to the W at 6 wind hauld to the Southward stood all night to the South West 16 {1848/05/16} Strong breezes from the South at 2 AM took in top gallant sails and double reefe the top sails at 5 AM thick fog and rain at 3 PM cleared up at 8 clewed down the top sails hauld out the reefe-tacles and set boat crew watches for the night [end of page log955_141.gif] 17 {1848/05/17} Strong breezes from the NE and dark cloudy weather at 10 AM rain at 12 noon double reefe the top sails at 4 PM more moderat saw plenty finbacks saw three junks standing to the Southward at 8 PM set boats crew watches for the night 18 {1848/05/18} Strong breezes and cloudy weather under whole top sails stood to the Eastward 19 {1848/05/19} Moderat breezes middle and latter part strong breezes saw one whale lowerd three boats and chast whale going like hell to the NE caried sail all night saw the land the island Nippon at 12 noon Cap Noto bearing NE distant 12 miles 20 {1848/05/20} Moderat breezes stood to the NE at 12 noon saw whales lowerd and the SMt struck Cpt kild him whale sunk but hauld him up two boats held him up untill we got him along side and got a fluke chain on hookd on and took the head and lips the throat and body remain along side all night [whale stamp] [end of page log955_142.gif] 21 {1848/05/21} This day begins with moderat breezes and thick weather at 5 AM called all hands and took in the remainder of the whale and started the works at 5 PM saw a bark boyling 22 {1848/05/22} Moderat breezes spoke the bark Newton of N Bedford 11 hundred bls three wholes[?] this seson at 3 PM saw three more sails at 8 AM coold down 23 {1848/05/23} Moderat breezes and clear weather stood to the Westward 24 {1848/05/24} Moderat breezes stood to the West at 10 strong breezes saw whales lowerd and the Mt struck Johnson[?] the boat steerer kild him with his irons took him along side and cut him in took in sail and set boats crew watches for the night [whale stamp] 25 {1848/05/25} Moderat breezes saw plenty whales but very shy darted at one but mist him saw one junk standing to the Southward [end of page log955_143.gif] 26 {1848/05/26} Moderat breezes and calms saw whales saw one ship at 8 AM lowerd three boats at 1 PM one boat returnd to ship got some grub in their fist and put off for another whale one of the first boats third Mt got fast and drawd but got a line that was towing too the whale the last boat the Cpt got fast whale took the line the fourth boat the SMt lowerd and got fast fourth Mt in the Cpt boat kild him the other too boats came to the whale the Cpt returnd to the ship three boats hooked on and commence towing at 12 midnight got the whale along side and flook chain on set boats crew watches for the night spoke the Mentors boats [whale stamp] 27 {1848/05/27} Calm at 5 AM calld all hands saw whales lowerd three boats and chast at 6 AM returnd to ship at 7 hooked on the whale and finished cutting at 5 PM set whole topsails and stood to the S two sails in sight 28 {1848/05/28} Moderat breezes saw three sails and plenty whales lowerd and the third Mt struck kild him and took him a long side at 6 PM and took in sail for the night [whale stamp] 29 {1848/05/29} Moderat breezes at 7 AM calld all hands and hookt on the whale at 4 PM mate finished cutting saw one sail 30 {1848/05/30} Moderat breezes under short sail imployed at stowing down oil saw one sail [end of page log955_144.gif] June 1 {1848/06/01} Moderat breezes saw four whales lowerd and Mt struck Mt kild him took him along side at 6 and let him lay for the night 2 {1848/06/02} Calm and cloudy at 6 AM calld all hands at 7 AM hookd on and commence cutting it breezing on stronger and stronger every minute and thick fog and rain got in one lip and the throat and under took to hook on the other lip but ccould not so let the whale remain untill 1 PM then commence cutting again finished at 5 PM [whale stamp] 3 {1848/06/03} Thick fog and rainy wind South at 4 AM fog cleard up saw a bark standing to the N at 4 PM wind got to NE stood to the SW 4 {1848/06/04} Moderat breezes and cloudy weather 5 {1848/06/05} Moderat breezes and thick fog imployed at stowing down 6 {1848/06/06} Moderat breezes and thick fog at 10 PM cleard up spoke the ship Patriot of Bremen 7 {1848/06/07} Moderat breezes and cloudy weather Spoke the bark Newton N Bedford [end of page log955_145.gif] 8 {1848/06/08} Moderat breezes and thick fog at 8 AM fog cleard up spoke the ship Josephine and Gem both of Sagharbor Josephine nothing this season the Gem __ whales saw one whale and chast 9 {1848/06/09} Moderat breezes saw one whale lowerd and chast 10 {1848/06/10} Moderat breezes from the W stood to the Eastward spoke the ship Jefferson and the Bowditch 11 {1848/06/11} First part moderat breezes from the ENE stood to the W saw one whale lowerd and chast middle and latter part strong breezes at 7 PM past a dead whale caried sail all night {1848/06/12} Strong breezes from the ENE stood to the W at 12 noon spoke the Mo??? of France at 1 spoke the ship Formosa NB stood to the NW all night under all sail 13 {1848/06/13} Moderat breezes WSW stood to the N at 12 saw a carcass too sails insight at 3 PM another sail hove insight at 4 PM game with Moise and Formosa 14 {1848/06/14} Moderat breezes from the Westward three ships in sight and all awhaleing saw too whales lowerd and chast [end of page log955_146.gif] June 15 {1848/06/15} Moderat breezes West saw whales three ships in sight a whaleing At 10 AM lowerd and the Fourth Mt struck the third Mt got fast and kild him but the whale stove him slightly took him along side and cut him in at sundown took in top gallant sails and set boats crew watches Capt sick confind to his burth [whale stamp] 16 {1848/06/16} Moderat breezes at 4 AM made sail and started the works saw two sails {1848/06/00} Moderat breezes saw whales lowerd and chast saw on sail Capt remains ill {1848/06/00} Moderat breezes saw one sail and plenty whales going quick lowerd and chast caried sail all night running for a ship {1848/06/00} Moderat breezes at 8 saw whales and the ship about 10 miles off run for hur at 10 AM lowerd a boat and went a board of hur the Champion N Bedford the Cpt came aboard with his medical book Cpt a little better imployed at running down oil in the tanks {1848/06/00} Moderat breezes saw whales lowerd and S Mt struck and line parted and whale went off {1848/06/00} Moderat breezes saw plenty whales saw three sails two boyling at 7 M calm chast whales all day third Mt struck and drawd at 7 PM cep off for a ship and run for hur all night [end of page log955_147.gif] June {1848/06/00} Moderat breezes and calms spoke the ship ___ of N Bedford and got a doctor from her imployed at stowing down oil three sails in sight at 11 AM mate saw a dead whale or carcass a bout four miles off lowerd a boat and put off for it the boat returned to the ship it prouved to be a carcass {1848/06/00} Moderat and cloudy weather saw whales lowerd and the third Mt struck SMt boat went on to the whale and fastened the line got foul and cep the boat on top of the whale about two minutes the whale roaling and flooking at last got the boat between the whales fins whales fin struck the boat and nearly cut off two of the the boat steerers fingers and boat got clear of the whale and the iron broak started for the ship with the man at 4 PM took the whale alongside and let him lay for the night Cpt remains ill [whale stamp] {1848/06/00} Light airs and calms at 4 AM called all hands and hooked on and commenced cutting at 10 AM finished saw whales lowerd and at last the the Mt struck SMt kild took him along side at 6 PM and let him lay for the night exchanged signals with the bark Tenedos N L hur boat fast to a whale at dark and whale spouting clear eight whales eight sails insight four boyling at 9 PM thunder and lightened and clear star ligh not a cloud to be seene Cpt remains ill [whale stamp] [end of page log955_148.gif] 24 {1848/06/24} Strong breezes and cloudy weather at 5 PM called all hands but to rugged to hook on so the watch went below again at 1 PM wore ship and hooked on the whale finished at 7 PM at 8 thick and cloudy weather with plenty thunder and lightning 25 {1848/06/25} Strong gales and cloudy weather Spoke the ship Caravan of ___ and the bark Tenedos N L 26 {1848/06/26} [blank] 29 {1848/06/29} This day begins with thick fog at 7 PM cleard up saw plenty whales lowerd and the Mt struck sMt kild third Mt struck another and kild him took him a long side and run for the other it came in thick fog at 2 PM found the other whale and took him along side and cut him in let the other remain along side all night land insight 15 miles [two whale stamps] 30 {1848/06/30} Thick fog and calm at 4 AM hook on the whale and and cut him in at 10 AM fog let up land in sight dist 20 miles bearing from the NE to NW two sails insight saw whales but it came in thick again [end of page log955_149.gif] July 1 {1848/07/01} First part thick fog imployed at fleeting water between decks at 3 PM fog cleard up saw whales lowerd three boats and chast at 4 Mt struck at 5 struck another drawd from both land insight distant about 15 or 20 miles beaing NE to NW two sails insight at dark double reefe the top sails for the night 2 {1848/07/02} Fine weather imployed at chaseing whales and boyling and continued so throuought the day 3 {1848/07/03} Begins with fine Eastly air and thick fog standing to the S at night shortend sail for the night at day light made sail again in the morning saw whales and chast without success imployed at boyling and stowing down {1848/07/04} Begins with ligh Southerly airs and fair weather imployed at boyling and stowing oil stood to the N with light airs and thick fog finished boyling Lat 42"47 5 {1848/07/05} Begins with light airs and thick fog tack ship and stood to the S latter part fresh gales reduced sail 6 {1848/07/06} Begins with fresh gales from the NE at 4 PM saw the land bearing NW and NE at 7 tack and headed to the NE middle and latter part strong gales remaind under easy sail heading to the SE [end of page log955_150.gif] 7 {1848/07/07} Begins with strong gales NE continue under easy sail headend to the SE spoke the ship Liverpool of NB 900 bls 9 monts out 8 {1848/07/08} Strong gales from ENE under short sail heading to SE 9 {1848/07/09} First part of this 24 hours strong gales from ENE under short sail heading to SE middles hours more moderat at 5 AM made sail saw whales and chast without success ship Liverpool in sight Lat 41"40 10 {1848/07/10} Begins with moderat Eastly winds stood to N at night reduce sail at morning made sail saw whales chast with out success imployed on board at stowing down oil between decks 11 {1848/07/11} Begins with fresh Eastly winds thick hazy weather at 3 PM saw the land bearing from NNW to NE distant 5 leagues at 6 PM tack ship and stood by the win to the SSE saw a whale goin quick to the NE the remainder of the day thick fog and calm 12 {1848/07/12} Begins with thick fog and calms imployed at cleaning bone and setting up shooks saw whales and fastend but drawed [end of page log955_151.gif] 13 {1848/07/13} Begins with light airs and thick fog at intervals saw whales struck and kild him took him along side at sundown and let him remain for the night at daylight tooked on and cut him in saw whales to the wind ward four miles Lat 42" 29 {1848/07/14} Light airs from the S imployed at chasing whales carried sail throuout the night morning saw whales and struck but drawed saw the bark Tendos of NL running for us with insign set union down hove to and hur boat boarded us intellegeance that Capt Comstock had ben dangerously stabbed in the neck and requestin our surgon to come aboard Capt Clark went {1848/07/15} Begins with moderat winds from the S saw whales fastend at night cut from the whale at night Capt Clark and the surgon returnd on board of the Vesper after which we put the surgon on board of the Bark again to attend on Capt Comstock 16 {1848/07/16} Commence with moderat winds from SE and thick fog at 4 PM tack[?] off shore morning cleard a way a little saw the land SE 3 miles distant [end of page log955_152.gif] 17 {1848/07/17} Begins with light airs and thick fog at 1 PM fog cleard up saw the land one mild distant Capt Clark put off for the shore to fish being unsuccessful boarded the Tenedos returnd abord of the Vesper with the surgon stood to the S throuought the night tack at 4 PM and stood to the NE later part thick fog 18 {1848/07/18} Begins with light airs from ENE and thick fog at 2 PM fog cleard up saw plenty whales and chast Lat 42" 19 19 {1848/07/19} Light airs and fair weather captured a whale and cut him in struck another and irons came out struck the third and lost a line Lat 42" 04 20 {1848/07/20} Fresh breezes from SW saw whale and chast struck and drawd darted at two others and mist them 21 {1848/07/21} Calm and foggy saw whales and chast struck and kild and sunk him 22 {1848/07/22} Chast whales went on to one boat steer did not dart broke him for not performin his duty latter hours chast whales and finished boyling saw a trylight Lat 42" 06 Long Land in sight 23 {1848/07/23} Chast whales at 4 PM foggy boats returnd to the ship and double reefe the top-sails wind ENE headed to the SE at 9 AM fresh gales came under clost reefe top sail and fore sail [end of page log955_153.gif] 24 {1848/07/24} Fresh gale continue from the ENE wore ship to the N[?] set double reefe top sails spoke ship Candace N London moderate thouought the night morning made all sail saw whales and chast four hours and mist Lat obs 42" 09 {1848/07/00} Begins with moderat winds from the SSE captured a whale and took him a long side at 8 PM and put on the flook rope thick weather with small rain Land insight at 2 PM thick fog throuought the Night commence cuttind at 3 AM at 8 AM fog cleard up and the Land was a bout two miles off light airs from the NE [whale stamp] 27 {1848/07/27} Commence with light airs from the NE and cloudy captured another whale and took his blubber latter hours clear saw two whales in shore going quick ??? one boat put off for the shore landed but could get nothing boat returnd to Ship at 5 PM thick fog imployed at boyling stood off shore throuought the night with light airs NE clear in the morning saw whales going in shor too far off to care Lat 41" 24 [whale stamp] 28 {1848/07/28} Begins with light airs and clear weather saw plenty whales captured a cow and calf took them along side and made sail stood off shore SW cut in the calf and let the other remain along side got up the starboard cable and bent it Land extending from S to N ditant two leagues at 6 AM commence cutting morning saw plenty [two whale stamps] [end of page log955_154.gif] 29 {1848/07/29} Light airs imployed at cutting and boyling saw a nomber of whales at 3 PM wore ship and headed to the E latter hours chaseing whales Land 3 leagues dis. 30 {1848/07/30} Captured a whale and cut him in moderate winds SW latter hours calm imployed stowing oil and boyling 31 {1848/07/31} Continues calm imployed at stowing oil and boyling land insight bearing from SW to N distant 5 leagues middle and latter hours under short sail light airs and fine weather saw plenty whales but did not lower having as much blubber as could take care of Lat 41" 20 August {1848/08/01} Light airs captured captured a whale and took it a long side and put on flook rope continue boyling Ship Candice[?] insight and Land insight at 9 AM commence cutting saw plenty whales 2 {1848/08/02} Continue cutting in the gear to the windlass give out oblige to use handspikes at 4 PM thick fog continue boyling morning clear saw whales and fastend took up four lines and went off 3 {1848/08/03} Light airs and fine weather chast whales with out success boyling and stowing down oil middle and later hours saw whales and darted at one and mist stowd oil and boyling out [end of page log955_155.gif] 4 {1848/08/04} Saw one whale and chast without success imployed ad boyling and stowing oil middle and latter hours light and foggy finished boyling Lat 41"38 Long 130"09 #s041 38N#e $s130 09E$e 5 and 6 {1848/08/05}ÿ{1848/08/06} Begins with light airs from NE stood to the SW saw one whale thick fog throuought the night morning Land distant about 2 leagues stood E a short distant and saw plenty whales captured a very large one Candace insight a cutting towd the whale along side and took the head throat and lips and lay by the remainer untill morning commence cutting and boyling saw plenty whales captured one Candace insight [whale stamp] 7 {1848/08/07} Took the whale along side and put on the flook rope and stowd oil at 6 PM shortend sail land insight about 4 leagues dis light airs throuought the night Lat 41"25 8 {1848/08/08} Remain under short sail imnpl at cutting and boying out Candace insight cutting middle and latter hours rainy imployed at boyling and stowing down oil Lat 41"20 Long 124" 30 #s041 20N#e $s124 30EW$e 9 {1848/08/09} Begins light airs and cloudy Land 4 leagues dis saw one whale Employed at boyling and stowing down latter hours fresh gales and hazy continue chast whales without success [end of page log955_156.gif] 10 {1848/08/10} Begins with rain and thick weather continue boyling and stowing down at 5 PM saw the Land 5 leagues dis light airs throughout the night saw a cow and calf fastened to the calf drawed out Land 5 leagues dis Candace insight Lat 40"33 Long 129" 56 #s040 33N#e $s129 56E$e 11 {1848/08/11} Begins with airs and foul weather captured a whale and he sank saw other whales whales stowd oil latter hours captured and took its blubber Candace insight Land 5 leagues dist [drawing of whale's tail] 12 {1848/08/12} Begins with airs and fair weather Employed at stowing oil latter hours fresh breezes NE and rainy Employed at boyling Land 7 leagues dist 41"05 13 {1848/08/13} Fresh gales continue from the NE saw whales came under double reefe top sails continue boyling latter hours plesant saw whales and chast withought success Candace insight Land dist 6 Leagues Employed at stowing oil Lat 42"04 14 {1848/08/14} Begins with strong breezes and cloudy weather stood in to the Land at 6 PM headed off shore calm throughout the night latter hours saw whales and chast with out success Candace insight Land 6 leagues dis Employed at stowing oil Lat 42" 04 [end of page log955_157.gif] 15 {1848/08/15} Begins with light airs SSE and fair weather chast whales with out success Spoke the Ship Candace 1600 bls oil Obtained from hur 6 tirces[?] of beef 6 bls of Pork and 60 gallons of Molasses middle and latter hours stood off to the Eastward 16 {1848/08/16} Begins with airs and fair weather captured a whale and took it blubber Land dis 12 leagues Candace insight cutting saw plenty whales casks leaking bady oblige to cool[?] down for want of casks latter hours chast whales without success [the following two entries were written in ink over other entries in pencil] 17 {1848/08/17} [begin ink] Moderate breezes and fair weather Captured a whale and took his blubber land dis 10 leagues [end ink, begin pencil] cleared up saw the Land 1 League dist Capt Clark put of [end of pencil, begin ink again] 17 Moderate breezes and fair weather Employed at boyling oil leaking badly from the pipes obliged to cool down again capturd a whale took it along side and put on the flook rope and shortened sail [end of ink, begin pencil] at 4 AM tackt to SE at 10 AM light airs and [end of pencil, begin ink again] 18 {1848/08/18} Employed at boyling with awhale a long side fresh breezes from the S latter hours cut in the whale made sail and stood to the E Land in sight Lat 41" 36 [end of page log955_158.gif] 19 {1848/08/19} Moderat weather spoke sp Candace cutting at 6 PM stood to the E with light airs from SE bound to Sandwich Islands with a full cargo of oil latter hours light airs from N continue boyling 20 {1848/08/20} This day be gins with light airs and fair weaher finished boyling and stowd oil 21 {1848/08/21} Beg mod wind S ster E 6 PM saw two sails run of and spoke S Phoenix Say[?] latter hours fresh gales from S took in all sail and stowd oil Lat 42 01 22 {1848/08/22} Light variable wins frequent showrs of rain steerd ESE untill 3 PM then steerd E and made the island Osema[?] bent studding sail and set them Lat 41 42 [end of page log955_159.gif] 23 {1848/08/23} Begins moderate breezes and fair weather Lat 41 20 24 {1848/08/24} Begins light airs E course ESE at 2 PM the island Osema [O-shima] bore N dist 3 leagues and the island Hosema [Ho-jima] bore E dis 8 leagues steerd E past thee island Hosema at 3 AM having rain with fresh gales from NW double reefe the topsails wore ship and stood off shore at day light stood intoo the strates of Matsmai [Matsumae] with wind ENE with rain at 8 PM run of be fore the wind W took in fore and mizen top sail saw several Japan Junks 25 {1848/08/25} Continue running under a double reefe Main Topsail before the wind to W with thick weat and rainy at 6 PM was within 7 leagues of the island Skosima[?] weather cleard up a little 26 {1848/08/26} Commence with light airs E under all sail Enterd the Straits of Matsmai but advers made several tacks but to no effect Employed at cleaning bone Jacko[?] came very near to being down in the scuttle-but middle hours lay with the head yards aback latter hours fresh gales ESE entered the straits of Matsmai dis 5 leagues [end of page log955_160.gif] 27 {1848/08/27} Commence with fresh Eastly winds and cloudy Squared the yards and steered to WSW saw several Junks fresh gales throughout the night steerd W by S at 3 A AM made the island Kosima [Ko-jima] and luft to to Southward SSE and clost reefe the top sails and stowd the Jib latter hours had some rain and moderat gales from E at 112 the island Kosima N dist 1 league 28 {1848/08/28} Begins with light airs from E and fair weather first part stood off and on the island of Kosima under clost reef top sails at noon mad all sail and made short tacks worke up within the town of Matsmae [Matsumae] Capt Clark tut[?] of for the above town stood off and on the 29 {1848/08/29} Boat returned to the shp was not aloud to land was orderd off aboard at 4 PM enterd the straits of Matsmae for the hird time from 8 to 12 lay with the main topsail to the mast head to S at 12 midday Cap Nombu [Nambu?] bore SE dis 25 miles {1848/08/00} Commence with moderat winds from East Land S dis 4 leagues and N dist 10 leagues at 4 PM thick fog lay aback at mid night braced forward stood S {1848/08/00} Commence with fresh breezes SSE saw the SE part of Matsame bearing NE by E dis 5 leagues stood to S at 9 AM tack and stood ENE Matsmae bore N dis 6 leagues Lat 41 41 Long 143 32 #s041 41N#e $s143 32E$e [end of page log955_161.gif] Oct 1 {1848/10/01} Fresh breezes from the SSE at 1 PM tack ship and stood to the E saw a sail to windward middle and latter part wind baflin from SSE to SSW Lat obs 24" 15 Oct 2 {1848/10/02} Begins with moderat winds ESE and fair weather latter hours squally with rain imployed at cleaning ship and drying bone Lat 28" 04 Oct 3 {1848/10/03} Begins with fresh trade winds from E steered by the SSE Lat 25" 59 4 {1848/10/04} Strong breezes from the E and squals middle moderat Lat obs 24" 26 {1848/10/05} Commence with light winds heading S by E tack ship several times to gain to windward Eastward at 11 AM past a sail standing to N Lat obs 23" 15 Long 157" 31 #s023 15N#e $s157 31E$e {1848/10/06} Begins with light trade wind from E at 12 midday wind change to ENE heading up ESE Lat obs 22 25 [end of page log955_162.gif] {1848/10/07} Oct 7 Moderat trade winds from ENE at 2 PM saw the island Oahu bearing SW dist 10 leagues continued on our course SE and saw the island Morotoi [Molokai] at 4 PM and Mowee [Maui] the passage between the two islands bearing S by W dist 5 leagues when we bore away for it with strong trade winds {1848/10/08} Oct 8 Moderat breezes calms and light airs Capt C put off for Lahaina at 2 PM at 10 came to anchor of Lahaina in 20 fathoms water Oct 9 {1848/10/09} One watch ashore on liberty watch on board cleaning ship out side Oct 10 {1848/10/10} took on board the whale bone we left last spring Oct 11 {1848/10/11} Sent 12 bls of oil a shore received on board 26 bunches of Bananas 100 pumpkins 20 Cabbages one sack of sugar and 15 water melons Oct 12 {1848/10/12} One watch a shore on liberty Discharge all the hands shipped at this island received on board 22 bls of irish Potatoes 13 {1848/10/13} Received on board 27 bls potatoes and 5 Do sweet delivered a shore 15 bls of oil this day Elisha Jonson and Henry Crandal discharged received on board stores [end of page log955_163.gif] Oct 14 {1848/10/14} At 3 PM took onboard one cask of water and weid anchor and stood off and on at 8 Cpt Came off and put off for Oahu 15 {1848/10/15} At 7 AM anchored off Oahu in 22 fathoms Capt put off for the shore 16 {1848/10/16} At anchor of Oahu 17 {1848/10/17} At 7 AM the pilot came of and took us in the harbor Oct 31 {1848/10/31} Weid anchor and the pilot came on board and took us out of the harbor and braught us to anchor out side [end of page log955_164.gif] Nov W Oahu 1 {1848/11/01} 2 {1848/11/02} 3 {1848/11/03} Nov 4 {1848/11/04} at 6 AM weid anchor and stood off and on Oahu at 3 PM Cpt came on board and stood to the S by E at 6 PM the South point of Oahu bearind distant 20 miles 5 {1848/11/05} Strong NE trades from the East course S by E so continued untill the Ninth 9 {1848/11/09} Strong NE trades and the heavy squalls with rain and sharp lightning and heavy thunder continued untill the twelveth blowd away fore top sail fore sail and jib 14 {1848/11/14} Moderat breezes from the SE imployed at repaireing sails and drying bone [end of page log955_165.gif] [several blank pages in book] 24 {1848/12/24} Strong breezes ESE course S under single reefe top sals 25 {1848/12/25} Strong breezes ESE course S under single reefe top sails [end of page log955_166.gif] December 26 {1848/12/26} Strong breezes from the ENE course S under double reefe top sails 27 {1848/12/27} Moderat breezes from the ESE course S under all sail at 10 AM called all hands to brake out oil broke out the oil forward 21 pipes and Cooperd it and stowd it again 28 {1848/12/28} Moderat and calm imployed at brakeing out oil coopering and stowing it again latter part strong breezes and a heavy sea on 29 {1848/12/29} Moderat breezes and a heavy swell imployed at brakeing out bone and stowing it on the oil that is cooperd 30 {1848/12/30} Light airs and calms imployed at brakeing out oil and stowing it again the oil was in a very bad condition the between decks float with oil several pipes came out half empty 31 {1848/12/31} Light airs and calms set topmast and fore studding sails double reef mand the mastheads to look out for whales [end of page log955_167.gif] January ??? 1849 1 {1849/01/01} Moderat breezes N course S by E imployed at brakeing out oil coopering it stowing oil and bone 2 {1849/01/02} First part moderat breezes from the N middle and latter part strong breezes from the Southward stood to the Eastward at 4 PM saw Black fish lowerd one boat without success 3 {1849/01/03} Moderat breezes S stood to the E 4 {1849/01/04} Light airs and calms middle and latter hours light air WSW course S by E set top mast top galland and lower studding sails 5 {1849/01/05} Strong breezes WSW course S by E[?] 6 {1849/01/06} Strong breezes Northward course S by E Middle and latter part moderat breeze from the SW with a heavy sea and squalls with hail and rain Lat 42" 00 S 7 {1849/01/07} Moderat breezes SW course SSE at midnight wind hauld to the SE stood to the Eastward 8 {1849/01/08} First part moderat breezes middle and latter part light air from the WSW course SSE captured a sunfish and took him aboard saw a Fin back [end of page log955_168.gif] Janua 9 {1849/01/09} Strong breezes N course SSE middle and latter hours moderat stood to the N and E under easy sail 10 {1849/01/10} Moderat and hazy weather stood to the ENE 11 {1849/01/11} Moderat breezes from N stood to the ENE caught a Porpoise saw several Finbacks 12 {1849/01/12} Moderat breezes from the N 9 saw Finbacks and R Whales lowerd and chast withought success at 1 PM saw several Whales lowerd two boats and struck got slightly stove the thirird[?] boat lowerd all three boats got fast got the whale spouting blood the stoven boat cut off and returned to the ship the started and run to the windward ought a sight of the ship at mast head one boat started a but[?] both boats cut and returnd to the ship som words past in the boat between the Capt Clark and the Mate Mr Lee at the supper table Capt Clark told Mr Lee that Mr Morris would head the larboard boat some[?] word past and put Mr Lee off duty at 7 took in sail for the night headed to the WNW [end of page log955_169.gif] [several blank pages in book] 1849 February {1849/02/00} Begins with fresh gales from the SW middle part more moderat at 6 AM took the anchors and stood out to sea standing ESE stowd the anchors unbent the chains and put them below 23 {1849/02/23} Begins with light breezes from the Westward at 4 AM sighted the Bush inds at 5 AM land on our larboard beam stood to the Northward at 10 Port saint Lui[?] bore __ distant 2 miles 24 {1849/02/24} Commence with moderat southerly winds several saw Rite Whales at 7 AM lowerd and chast with out success at 2 PM saw several Whales lowerd and chast with out success the whales going quick in shore at 4 PM came on board and steered to the NNE wind and squally with rain double reefe the fore and main top sail Lat 49" 13 South [end of page log955_170.gif] February 1849[?] 25 {1849/02/25} Begins with fresh gales from the SW and squally with rain steering to the NW under all prudent sail Lat 47 03 26 {1849/02/26} Begins with light airs and calms from the SW steering N the Pheonix and Sarah Parker incompany during the night the wind hauld to teh S steerd NW by N 27 {1849/02/27} Begins with strong breezes from the SW running to the NNW[?] in company with the Ship Pheonix and the Sarah Parker middle and latter part light airs and calms Lat 44" 21 [large illustration of whale] February 28 {1849/02/28} Begins with light airs from the South two sails stanging to the NNE one the Sarah Parker of Nantucket and the other the Pheonix of New Bedford at 6 AM saw Spurm whales all three ships in chase at 7 lowerd and Mr Lee the Mate of the Vesper struck captured and took him alon side and commence cutting at 7 PM got the boddy aboard and took insail to a clost reefe main top sail and lay with the head along side all night [vertical text in left margin] Lat 44" 35 Long 60 #s044 35S#e $s060 00E$e [end of page log955_171.gif] March the first 1849[?] 1 {1849/03/01} Begins with a strong breeze from the __ at 4 AM calld all hands and took the Junk and case and started the works at 7 PM took in the main top-sail Friday 2 {1849/03/02} Begins with strong gales from the SW with rain thunder and lightning at 7 AM set double reefe main top sail course NNE[?] imployed at setting up shooks at 6 PM steered NNW 3 {1849/03/03} Begins with strong gales from the SW under clost reefe top sails steerering NW by N at 7 AM steed NNE at 10 AM heavy gales with rain at 7 took in sail and hove to under bare poles head to the Eastward coold down shipt heavy seas and washt over board some blubber sounded at 5 PM 55 fathom water 4 {1849/03/04} Begins with heavy gales at 4 AM made sail and steerd NNE at 7 AM took in and double reefe the fore and main top sails at 4 coold down again and clost reefe the fore topsail steerd NE 5 {1849/03/05} Begins with heavy gales from the SW course NE middle and latter part more moderate but a heavy sea on made all sail [end of page log955_172.gif] March 1849 6 {1849/03/06} Begins with strong gales SW course NE at 4 AM started the works again saw a Brig standing to the NE at 8 PM coold down finished boyling double reefe the topsails 7 {1849/03/07} Begins with moderat breezes and fine weather made all sail steered to the NE at 7 AM wind haules to the Eastward saw a brig standing to the NW stowd down six pipes of O 8 {1849/03/08} Strong gales from the Eastward stood to the Northward at 10 PM took in Mizen topsail and single reefe the fore and main topsail 9 {1849/03/09} Strong breezes E stood to the N at 12 midday double reefe the fore and main topsail imployed at repairing sails at 5 PM wore ship and stood to the NE[?] bursted the jib unbent it at 8 P PM split the main topsail cl cauld all hands unbent it and bent another strong gales from the E and rain [end of page log955_173.gif] 10 {1849/03/10} Begins with strong gales from the E dark cloudy weather with drizeling rain under double reefe topsails repaired the jib and bent it imployed at repairing mizen top sail at ??? PM wind hauld to the Northward headend to the Eastward 11 {1849/03/11} Commence with strong breezes from the North course E by N under double reefe topsails at 8 AM more moderate shook out the reefes and set top gallant sails imployed at repairing mizen topsail at 4 PM past a large turtle 12 {1849/03/12} Commence with strong breezes from the N course E by N at 10 AM more moderat made all sail 13 {1849/03/13} Comence with strong breezes from the N and cloudy weather course E by N[?] at 8 AM heavy thunder and sharp lightning and and rain took in top gallant sails at 12 midnight wind hauld to the Westward 14 {1849/03/14} Commence with moderat breezes from the West at 8 AM wind hauld to NNE[?] at 4 wind NE[?] saw a Bark standing to the East latter part light airs heading North by E [end of page log955_174.gif] 15 {1849/03/15} Commence with moderat breezes from the NE at 4 wind hauld to the E course NE by N at 8 PM wind hauld to the SE strong breezes and cloudy weather 16 {1849/03/16} Strong breezes from the SSE course NE by N latter part squally at 6 PM Broacht the last barrel of Provis 17 {1849/03/17} Commence with strong SE trades from about SSE studding sails a low and aloft 18 {1849/03/18} Commence with moderat breezes SE course NNE at 8 PM wind hauld to the Eastward took in all but the fore topmast studding sail latter part squally 19 {1849/03/19} Commence with moderat breezes SE[?] course NNE 20 {1849/03/20} Begins with moderat breezes Eastward saw a ship standing to the Southward 21 {1849/03/21} Begins with light airs from the SE at 8 AM light airs from the NE wore ship and stood to the ESE imployed at bunching bone latter hours calm [end of page log955_175.gif] 22 {1849/03/22} Light airs from the Northward stood to the Eastward at 10 AM moderat breezes from NE headding ESE imployed at bunching bone at 6 PM got 18 thousand cut[?] buncht and stowd below latter hours squally wit rain 23 {1849/03/23} Moderat breezes from the NNE and cloudy stood to the S and E imployed at makeing spunyarn for the bone 24 {1849/03/24} Begins with moderat breezes from the NNE stood to the Southeast under all sail imployed at making spunyarns 25 {1849/03/25} This 24 hours begins with bafling winds from NNE to NNW stood by the wind to the Eastward 26 {1849/03/26} Begins with moderat breezes from the NNE baflin wind and squally standing to the Eastward at 8 PM mod wind from the NE and squally with rain light airs NW imployed at bunching bone {1849/03/27} Begins with moderat breezes NW at 4 AM wind hauld to the South in a squall rain throuought the day imployed at lashing spars a midship and stowing the water between them latter hours light airs and baflin course NE[?] [end of page log955_176.gif] 39 16 16 36 52 37 27 19 66 36 36 54 35 54 21 63 40 37 51 35 52 22 38 30 36 15 23 38 04 36 54 24 59 48 36 56 36 17 25 35 41 37 08 26 56 15 34 35 30 44 59 {1849/03/28} Begins with calms and light baflin winds squally and cloudy occasionaly rain {1849/03/29} Commence with light airs and calms {1849/03/30} Commence with light airs and baflin wind from N to S and squally with rain 31 {1849/03/31} This 24 hours commence with moderat breezes from the South middle par squally with rain latter hours light airs from the N stood to the Eastward April the first 1 {1849/04/01} This day begins with moderat breez from the N at daylight saw the island of Trinidad bearing NNE distant 45 miles at 8 wind hauld to the Southward course N at sun down the island bearing E distant 12 miles {1849/04/00} For the last three days moderat trades from SE to E occasionaly a 7 {1849/04/07} Begins with moderat trades from SE varying to S saw a sail standing to the N and E latter hours plenty of rain [end of page log955_177.gif] Purnanbuco April 10 8 {1849/04/08} Begins with moderat trades from about South the one sail insight at 8 AM boarded hur it prouved to the Burtha of Brimmen bound to Brimmen Lat 10 08 Sout 9 {1849/04/09} Begins with moderat trades from the SE course N by E at 12 noon course N by W at 4 PM got up the chains and bent them and got off the anchors off the bow at 9 PM saw Olinda[?] light bearing W and steerd for it [vertical text on left margin] at 10 hauld on the wind and stood to the S sounded at 10 and 12 got 25 fathom water 10 {1849/04/10} Begins with moderat breezes from the NE at daylight saw the land stood in for Olinda light at 8 one har boat went on shore at 11 AM boat returned to the ship at 12 came to anchor of Purnambuco in 5 1/2 fathom water on boat went a shore and stopt all night 11 {1849/04/11} Begins fine weather at 8 AM boat returnd to the ship at 9 two boats went a shore one of them with three pips for water got a ??? quarter of beef one boat returned at middnight to the ship 12 {1849/04/12} This morning at 8 AM a lighter came off with water Provision Oranges Rice Coffee shugar W Lead and the boats crew the boat not to be found at 12 Calmet[?] stoning Came in one E Sloop[?] War one ES Brig of War one Brazilian Frigate and slp of War and several murchants breeze laying in Bhoadst[?] [end of page log955_178.gif] 13 {1849/04/13} Moderat and squally with rain Cpt Clk remains a shore at 12 midday sent for a boat to com a shore at 12 PM Calmet got under way at 4 boat returnd to the ship with Cpt Clk and two Manazets and one ??? and Watermelons got under way stood stood along the land sounded several times during the night from 14 to 10 fathoms water and the land insight 14 {1849/04/14} Moderat breezes NE steerd N by E a long the land under all sail {1849/04/00} For the last week back moderat breezes and variable winds and occasionaly squally with a little rain the ___ hove over board the triworks wind NNE stood to the WNW 20 {1849/04/20} Wind NE stood to the WNW 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Nothing worthy of note {1849/04/21} {1849/04/22} {1849/04/23} {1849/04/24} {1849/04/25} {1849/04/26} {1849/04/27} {1849/04/28} 24 {1849/04/24} Moderat and squally saw a school of Black Fish [end of page log955_179.gif] April 26 {1849/04/26} Moderat breezes course NNW at 6 PM crost the Equator 27 {1849/04/27} Strong breezes from the NE by N course NNW at 11 AM in verry strong tide rips and a heavy sea on shipt a sea and washt the gally too leward capsized the stove and lost our dinner and scalld the cook imploy at repairing sails 28 {1849/04/28} Strong breezes N by E course NW by N 29 {1849/04/29} Strong breezes N by E course NW by N 30 {1849/04/30} Strong breezes N by E course NW by N 31 {1849/04/31} Strong breezes NE course NW by N imployed at repairing sails for the last week back allso squalls Lat 10" 12 N 1 May the first 1849 {1849/05/01} Strong NE trades from NE by E course NW by N under all sail topmast and topgallant studding sails Lat 12" 12 N 2 {1849/05/02} Strong trades and clear under all sail course NW by N imploy at repairing sails 3 {1849/05/03} Moderat breezes NE by N course NW by N 4 {1849/05/04} Moderat breezes NNE course NW by N imployed at clearing up deck for cleaning ship putting spair spars over the tafrail [end of page log955_180.gif] October the second eighteen hundred and forty six October 2 {1846/10/02} got a Spurm whale Decemb 13 got a Spurm whale 1846 {1846/12/13} 1846 March the fifteenth eighteen hundred and forty seven 1847 March 15 {1847/03/15} got a spurm whale March 18 {1847/03/18} got a spurm whale 14 May the fourteenth 1847 May 14 {1847/05/14} struck a RW and drawd Lat 52=10 Long 163=48 #s052 10N#e $s163 48W$e May 15 {1847/05/15} sunk a whale May 18 {1847/05/18} struck too whales cut from one the other drawd and p May 22 {1847/05/22} got a BW Lat 52" 50 Long 163" 48 #s052 50N#e $s163 48W$e May 28 {1847/05/28} got a BW Lat 52" 43 Long 165" 55 #s052 43N#e $s165 55W$e May 30 {1847/05/30} got a BW Lat June 12 {1847/06/12} got a BW 52" 40 Long 161" 30 #s052 40N#e $s161 30W$e June 22 {1847/06/22} got a BW 54 29 Lon 154" 29 #s054 29N#e $s154 29W$e July 12 {1847/07/12} pict up a whale Lat 56" 00 Long 161" 30 14 {1847/07/14} got a BW Lat 56" 16 Long 160" 40 23 {1847/07/23} got a BW 56" 11 August 1 {1847/08/01} struck a W and drawd 10 {1847/08/10} struck a W and drawd 17 {1847/08/17} struck a W and lost three lines 20 {1847/08/20} got a RW [end of page log955_181.gif] 31 October got on Elephant 1847 {1847/10/31} Novem 1 {1847/11/01} got seventeen Elephant on one island and four on another Novem 2 {1847/11/02} got five Elephant 7 {1847/11/07} got two Elephant Nov 13 {1847/11/13} got two Blackfish January Janu 17 {1848/01/17} got two devil fish Whale 21{1848/01/21} got one devil fish Whale 1848 April 10 {1848/04/10} got one Black fish April 21 {1848/04/21} saw whales 1848 April 23 {1848/04/23} got a Rite Whale April 25 {1848/04/25} got a Rite whale Apr 27 {1848/04/27} saw whales Apr 28 {1848/04/28} saw whales April 29 {1848/04/29} saw whales May 2 {1848/05/02} struck a whale and lost a line May 3 {1848/054/03} got two whales and saw plenty May 4 {1848/05/04} saw whales May 5 {1848/05/05} got two whales and saw plenty May 6 {1848/05/06} saw plenty whales May 7 {1848/05/07} struck a whale boat upset and lost a line May 8 {1848/05/08} struck a whale and lost a line May 9 {1848/05/09} got a whales May 10 {1848/05/10} saw whale May 11 {1848/05/11} saw whale May 12 {1848/05/12} struck a whale and sunk him May 19 {1848/05/19} saw a whale May 20 {1848/05/20} got a whale Lat 29" 12 N May 24 {1848/05/24} got a whale May 26 {1848/05/26} got a whale June 1 {1848/06/01} got a whale June 15 {1848/06/15} got a whale June 23 and 24 {1848/06/23} {1848/06/24} got whales 21 struck and drawd June 29 {1848/06/29} got two whales [end of page log955_182.gif] Whale ships spoken spurn Whale Dec Atlantic Nantucket 150 July 1 {1848/07/01} struck two whales and drawd May the fourth 1849 5 {1849/05/05} Begins with moderat trades from NNE course NW by N imployed at cleaning ship saw small quantitys of gulph weed latter hours strong breezes and squally with rain shifted the gally F 6 {1849/05/06} Moderat trades from the NE course NW by N samall quantity of gulph weed at 10 PM blowed away the flying jib and the fore royal in a squall 7 {1849/05/07} Moderat trades imployed at cleaning ship out-side saw a Bark stearing to the S and W saw large fields of gulph weed February February February February Febu 28 1849 {1849/02/28} Lat 44" 35 Long 60" 00 got a spurm whale #s044 35S#e $s060 00E$e 8 {1849/05/08} Moderat trades imployed at painting ship out side course NW by N saw a M Brig standing to SE 9 {1849/05/09} Moderat trades imployed at painting ship saw large quanty of gulph weed saw several Dolphin caught two 10 {1849/05/10} Moderat breezes SE course NNW later hours passing clouds with rain imployed at setting up main top mast riggin and sundry other jobs [end of page log955_183.gif] [top right corner of page is torn away] Azores Cape verd 11 {1849/05/11} Light airs from the Se course NNW imployed at the riggin at 6 PM saw two sail one standing to the N the other standing to the SW 12 {1849/05/12} Moderat breezes SSE course NNW saw a ship at day light two miles off standind to the Westward set the ??? Colors with intension of speeking hur so to get some provision out of hur but she would not answer the colors or speek us at 6 PM saw a Brig standing to the NNE chast hur and fired three guns and set the colors but she would not stop night comming on so gave up the chase imployed at painting ship in side 13 {1849/05/13} Moderat breezes course NW by N at 10 PM saw a brig standing to the SSW at half past eleven Cpt out off on the boat and puld to windward at 12 the brig tack ship headend to the WSW so gave up all hopes of speeking or the boat catching hur at half past 12 brig tack again we also tackt at 2 PM dark cloudy weather with heavy thunder and lightning and plenty of rain the brig and boat out of sight at 3 PM tack ship and ??? [end of page log955_184.gif] [top left corner of page is torn away] of the Vesper Japan Sea Ships Spoken 1848 Ship Patriot Bremen Apries 29 {1848/04/29} Bark Newton N Bedford May 21 {1848/05/21} Bark Newton N Bedford 7 Jun {1848/06/07} Patriot Brimen 7 June {1848/06/07} Josephine NB 8 June {1848/06/08} Gem 8 June {1848/06/08} Bowditch and Jefferson Morse of France Formosa N Bedford Tenedos NL June 25 {1848/06/25} Caravan and stood to the N West the wind WSW at 4 PM saw the Brid running off for us hauld aback the main yard at 5 PM she hove a back to clost too us to windward the Cpt returnd to the ship with one barrel of beef one of bread and one of flour sent a slab of bone several spurm whale teeth and two Easter island images returned to the ship with smal stores butter sugar rice coffee tea sounds and tungs mackerel and codfish it prouved to be the Bark J W Dyer of Portland Dyer master 14 {1849/05/14} Moderad breezes and cloudy weath and rainy at intervals at day light saw a large ship standing to the Westward [end of page log955_185.gif]