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wind. We have about eighty passengers, five in
our cabin, and the remainder in the steerage.
Germans; English; Irish; and Scotch.
There is only one American on board besides
ourselves; a Philadelphian a young man
named Bissick.

Wednesday July 17

Still lying on the stream; the wind blows
such a gale from the north-west that it
is impossible to get out of the habour. We
are now pretty comfortably situated in
our cabin which is much more commodious
than we at first thought. It is situated on
deck and is very convenient to get in or
out besides we have plenty of fresh air
and can get a view of old ocean whenever
we choose without exposing ourselves to
wind or weather. We are very well satisfied
and are very anxious to make a start.
Our principal amusement at present con-
sists of cooking our provisions which were
served out on Monday last.

Saturday July 20th

Early this morning the order was given to

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