Kathleen (Bark) of New Bedford, 1857-1858, KWM_493

15 Sat 14 to day most of the day cloudy and cold we have seen a grate meney fin back and hump back whales to day we caught one porpas but no whales

Sund 15 to day it has ben squarley and very rough all day Mr Buts caught two canies this morning they are the same shape of our geese and look like them but they are larger and they have one joint more in their wings than our gease we measured the smallest one from one end of his wing the other was ten feet and a half their fethers are mostly white and very thick

Mond 16 to very squarley and rough we spoak this afternoon the Ship gideon Howland of New Bedford but it was two rough to try to have a gam

Tues 17 to day the wind blowing very hard and squarley and all the fore part raining very hard to day I have made george a shirt and he is proud enough he put it on outside and went on deck to show it

Wens 18 it blowes a gale it blew awful last night thrugh the night and has continue all day and still continues

16 Thurs 19 the gale stil continues and no appearance of being eney better very soon we could not whale it if they whales wase all around us it is so rough and it is so thick we cannot se but a short distance

Frid 20 it still continues to blow but not quite as hard as it has and to day we have dad the sun out and that is a treat

Sate 21 the gale left us this noon all at once with a perfect calm since then we have had all kinds of wether cloudy and squals rain and sunshine

Sund 22 to day has ben a day of excitement this morning soon after breakfast we raised black fish lowered and struck 5 but did not succeed in saveing but 2 one of them george got the other Mr Yulesvan dinner was ready when they came on board very soon after dinner we raised two large right whales (the first we have seen) they ware going very fast but we lowered and chased untill dark but had to give them up then

Mond 23 to day raised one right whales soon after breakfast lowered and chased untill one Oclock but he was going very fast and could not ketch him so gave it up for this time

17 Tues 24 it blowes a gale agane we have had but two days that we could [toar?] a boat, I have ben quite sick to day and do not feel much better now

Wens 25 three months to day since we sailed and no oil yet, we have had strong winds to day but last inght we had a surveer gale for about 10 hours it was very bad we caught a porpas to day but have not seen a whale

Thur 26 this forenoon raised a large rite whale lowared and chaced a while but it blew so hard and he was going to fast we had to give it up, it soon began to snow and then to rain it still continues to rain and blow quite hard

Frid 27 to day strong breaze but quite pleasant

Sat 28 to day morderate breaze and pleasant after dinner raised right whale lowered and chased but to no affect george F thinks he looks like Charles with his long shirt on when he comes out in the kitchen to dress I have not felt as well to day as weal

Sund 29 to day almost a perfect calm very pleasant and walm

18 Mond 30 to day fare part cloudy latter part very pleasant saw a school of black fish lowared and Mr Buts got one and Mr Lulavan one in cuting them in one man fel over board but he could swim and they lowared and got him but I was very much frightened his name was James Mc Quade he hales from Middleborrow

Dec Tues 1 to day is the first day of sumer hear and the firs day of winter at home it has ben quite cool and [rainey?] and the wind blowes very hard and we a rowling and a pitching very bad

Wens 2 we have almost a calm to day and very warm I had a very distress time last night John was up with me until 12 Oclock but I feel better this afternoon than I have in some time

Thurs 3 to day a very light breaze and very warm and pleasant

Frid 4 very unpleasant raining and blowing a gale raised a sail this forenoon but did not get very clost to her took her to be a merchant man

Sat 5 [stil?] it blows thare has one sail past to day your

19 Sund 6 the wind still blowing a gale we had an awful night last night I did not sleep eney to speek of and thore is no prospect of it being eney better to night. thare has two sail past us to day but I did not see but one

Mond 7 it does not blow quite so hard to day but it could and unpleasant we are of aganste the cape of good hope. John says I must not expect eney thing but gales of wind for the next two months I think we have had our share for the last three months

Tues 8 to day quite pleasant John and I have been washing

Wens 9 to day all kinds of wether squarley with some rain

Thurs 10 this day very pleasant with light winds raised a school of black fish just as we sat down to breakfast lowerd and got six G D two Mr Buts two Mr Borden two Mr Sulavan was past three times but his iorns drawed

Frid 11 to day all kinds of wether some rain squarley and strong winds