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severe cold, and suffer very much
from a sore throat and being
very cool and windy on deck I
have confined myself below pretty
much all day; although not particularly
agreeable between decks, the confined
air being very close and stifling and
a very impure smell proceeding from
the cargo which consists principally of
wheat and Indian corn. The wind
being very high the ship has made
more progress than any day since
starting; the sea has been very rough.

Thursday July 23rd
Our rations were served out today for
the second time and we could
not help but remark the great dif-
ference in the quality of those we
received today compared to those
given us last week, being very much
inferior in every respect. The few
provisions I brought with me are
all gone and all I have to depend
upon now till the end of the voyage

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