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Revised 2010-10-28
1 pm: Light Breezes and foggy weather
2 pm: OUt 1 Reef Mizen Top Sail
4 pm: Saw Albatrosses, Silver Birds, some Rock weed with Barnacles on it & a shale of the Fin Back kind
6 pm: Worked the Pumps as usual
8 pm: Fires all night to air Ship
9 pm: Shortened Sail occasionally for the Assistant
2 am: Fresh Breezes and cloudy weather with haze
4 am: Saw several Black fish a species of Grampus
5 am: Found the Main Top Mast Trestle Trees broke – In Main Top Gallant Sail, sent down the Top Gallant Yards & secured the Mast
7 am: Cleaned below and aired with fires, served Krout and wort as usual
9 am: Saw small patches of Rock weed – very few Birds of any kind
12 noon: At Noon Fresh Breezes and thick misty weather Sailmakers repairing the old Mizen
Top Sail
No Observation
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