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heavy lurch managed to upset
my ink stand. A portion of the
afternoon we were all deeply interested
in the efforts of the sailors to harpoon
a dolphin which kept swimming around
the ship. The boatsman harpooned
a porpoise but as several of us were
hauling him in he slipped off and
made his escape.

Monday Aug. 10th

Clear and cool. Strong westerly wind.
Borrowed the sailors fiddle and
played nearly all morning. About
noon a fine looking bark passed us
steering in the direction of Liverpool.
This evening several of us collected in
the cook's galley where seated in front
of his fire we passed a couple of
hours singing playing the violin,
and in listening to Steve's account of
London, and the descriptions which his
son gave of that wonderful place
which we had every reasonable
expectation of seeing before many days.

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