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July 28th 1845 Wind from SW. Steer by the wind to the WNW. Spoke ship Lexington of Nantuck [NANTUCKET] with 5 whales. Latter part of the day shorten sail to a close reef with a heavy gale from SW. Latt [LATITUDE] Obs [OBSERVATION] 49=27 N Long [LONGITUDE] once more by Chro. [CHRONOMETER] 164°=43" East

Tuesday July 29th This twenty[-]four hours we have the wind from the S & W in strong gales. Steer by the wind to the N & W. So ends. Latt [LATITUDE] Obs [OBSERVATION] 50.12 Long [LONGITUDE] by Chro [CHRONOMETER] 163°=31" E

Wednesday July 30th This day we have a gale from the S & W attended with a thick fog. Latt [LATITUDE] by Acct [ACCOUNT] 51 00 Long [LONGITUDE] by Acct [ACCOUNT] 162=50" E

Thursday July 31rst All of this day we have strong gales and a hard rainstorm from the S & W. Saw a ship with main tack down. Saw several humpers. Steer by the wind West. Latt [LATITUDE] by Acct [ACCOUNT] 51°=40" Long [LONGITUDE] by Acct [ACCOUNT] 161 41" E

[Friday July CROSSED OUT] Friday August 1rst 1845 Fogg fogg fogg [FOG, FOG, FOG] the whole day and here we lie in the most accursed, tedious, tormenting suspence [SUSPENSE] that ever I experienced not having seen a right whale in more than a fortnight. If we cannot get them it will be some relief to chace [CHASE] them and try. The ship heading SW. Wind hauling from SSW more Easterly. So ends. Latt [LATITUDE] by Acct [ACCOUNT] 52=00" N Long [LONGITUDE] by Acct [ACCOUNT] 160°=50"