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Friday July 17th 1863

We are now far out on the broad
unfathomable ocean with nothing but
sea and sky on all sides. The sea
has been pretty rough with a strong
southerly wind. I have been tolerably
well today, not having suffered much
from sea-sickness. Last night it
rained very heavily.

Saturday July 18th
It is a beautiful day; the sun shines
beautifully bright and the southerly
wind still continues and being favor-
able, we are speeding gaily on our course.
Early this morning we saw a shoal
of whales, sporting and sprinting very
near the ship, and somewhat later
a lot of porpoises tumbling and
rolling about. Saw also a Nautilus
or as the sailors style it a "Portugee
Man of War" is a beautiful little
fish. The Captain appears to be very
anxious about privateers; and this
eveing quite an excitement existed
for some time in consequence of

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