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Tuesday 9th October 1849
Fore part strong winds from N by E.
Middle brisk gales. Latter strong gales from N.
Latt [LATITUDE] 29.49 Long [LONGITUDE] 155.09 E

Wednesday 10th
Fore part a strong gale from N. Middle
and latter strong gale. A verry [VERY] bad sea. At 10 AM
wind vered [VEERED] to S.
Latt [LATITUDE] 29.54 S. Long [LONGITUDE] 155.20 E

Thuresday [THURSDAY] 11th
Fore part strong winds from SE.
Middle and latter the same.
Latt [LATITUDE] 28.17 S. Long [LONGITUDE] 154.36 E

Friday 12th
Fore part strong winds from E. Middle and
latter the same.
Latt [LATITUDE] 29.26 S. Long [LONGITUDE] 154.50 E

Saturday 13th
Fore part brisk gales from N. Some rain.
Middle and latter strong gale. Rain.
Latt [LATITUDE] 30.00 by Acc [BY ACCOUNT] Long [LONGITUDE] 155.30 E

Sunday 14th
Fore part strong gale from NW. Middle
vered [VEERED] to SW. Latter light winds from SE to ENE.
Latt [LATITUDE] 29.54 S. Long [LONGITUDE] 155.19 E

Monday 15th
Fore part light winds from ENE to NW.
At 6.30 PM shifted to WSW to a gale. Middle and
latter bafling [BAFFLING]. Spoke Clifford Wayne 650 bbls [BARRELS] sperm [OIL].
Latt [LATITUDE] 29.14 S Long [LONGITUDE] 155.50 E

Tuesday 16th
Fore part brisk winds from NW. C Wayne in
company. Middle and latter strong gale from SSW. Scuded [SCUDDED]
to the North. Latt [LATITUDE] 27.57 S Long [LONGITUDE] 157.12 E

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Blondie

Scud
To run before a gale with little or no sail set.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition