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Sunday, which has been kept by all on
board as appropriately as possible; the
sailors dressing themselves and abstaining
from work. About noon the Captain
and his lady distributed testements
and tracts among the passengers and crew,
and we have been sitting on deck the
best part of the day engaged in reading
them. Early this morning we saw a
whale spouting and blowing very near
the ship, and in the course of the
morning hundreds of porpoises came
alongside the ship, diving under and
swimming around her. This afternoon
we had a very heavy shower which
drove us all below for an hour or
so. The little wind we have had since
starting has almost completely died
away and the ship apparently does
not move an inch.

Monday July 20th 1863
A very pleasant morning, the wind is
very light, and consequently we are
making but very little progress. Five

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