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Bark Mercator Newbedford cruseing on the Western ground

Remarks on board Monday June 30th
The first part of these 24 hours brisk brezes from SSW cours ster
E N E mid & last part strong brezes & squally @ 4 Pm spoke the
Whaling bark Aerial fall river & gamed with her petty master 1 ½ [mths?]
out sean no whales bound for idin ocean @ sunset shortned sail stered
By the wind to NW @ day light stered E N E under short sail
So ends these 24 hours strong brezes & rough sea Latt by DDR 39-00
At 4 Pm Long By Chronome 37-21

Remarks onboard Tuseday July the 1st
All these 24 hours strong gales very rainy with rough sea @ 7 PM shortned sail
Hove too to N wind W @ day light wore ship to sot close reaf top sails @
At 8 AM took in fore sail fore top sail hove too So ends these 24 hours
Strong gales from SW & rainy no obser Latt by DDr 39-40
At 4 Pm Long By DDr 37-00

Remarks On Board on Wensday July 2th
theas 24 hours commences with Strong SW gales &c
Steard various Coarses the Moste part rainney Nothing
Sight So ends theas remarks Mate Sick

Lat [In?] by Dr 40-00 N
Long By Chronom 37"50 W

Remarks on board. Thursday. July. 3. the.
All these twenty foure houres breezes f with rain squales wind
From S. S. W. at 6 A. M. steered off E. by N. so endes these 24 houres.
Lat By Obser. 40 " 35.
At 4 Pm Long. By. Chron. 36 " 16.