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which became a gale lasting
four days. The decks proved
very leaky so that berths between
decks became so wet that
no one could sleep in them
After the gale moderated fine
weather succeeded and we
had fair winds which brought
us to about latitude 14° 40'
this was up to the 15^th February

Then the wind changed and
blew from the North that became
a heavy gale with violent squalls
the fo'c's'le mast hove to on
the 17^th & 18^th but she labored
so heavily that it was found
necessary to run and put
her before the wind. Part of this
time we ran under a doublereefed
main topsail but had to take
the canvas in and run under
bare poles at the rate of six or
seven knots an hour. During
this time she sprang a leak and
we had to work the pumps
incessantly the greater part of
the port bulwarks [sic] planking was carried
away also the wheel and tiller
this occurred on the morning of the
18^th There was not a dry spot
in the Ship. We all had to lie
in the wet consequently we
became completely exhausted

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