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Tuesday Aug. 11th.

A fine warm day but calm, everybody
impatient for land; spent the best part
of the afternoon in assisting the sailors
and succeeded in scraping and planning
one of the spare spars which lay upon
the deck.

Wednesday Aug. 12th

Cloudy with very slight southerly wind.
We are now but 200 miles from the
Scilly Islands. This morning two vessels
passed within speaking distance of us
One was named "The Victory"; the other
we could not make out, the Captain
thought she had a suspicious appearance
and was probably a Rebel privateer.
Two vessels in sight as the evening
closed in, the early part of which
we passed in the cook's galley; where
Steve entertained us by a few tunes
on the fiddle, and Mr. Coad by a
few songs, mostly of a nautical nature.
Afterwards we retired to the Saloon
where we had a spirited debate

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