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After which we had toasts and snow without number and songs from
the glee Club in the evening we were entertained by
our dramatic club, with comic recitations, songs dialogues and
declimations, In which they were assisted by a Scotch Man by the
name of Murray from Andover, Mass. who had at one time been connected with
a private theatre in Ireland an exelent [?delemiator?] of irish
[caracter?] and of good information on almost any subject and
of infinite wit and humor, so the day passed [at?] very
pleeasantly

[right side] Thursday 10^th

Lat [Latitude] 33° 5'1"

To day question of going into Valparaso seems to be
decided, as at 8 o'clock the course of the vessell was altered from W, E
to N, E and at 12oclock to N E by E, being as the Captain
stated about 90 miles from land

[right side] Saturday 12^th

For the last two or three days we have made but little
head way as the weather has been nearly calm for us
of the time and extremely pleasant, last night I
saw a most magnificient sunset from mast head
at night the water assumes that beautiful appearan- firey
appearance that is often spoke of.

Land. I can see land to day but far to the east
This morning we had nothing put on the lashes
to sweeten our coffee with as to molases the say is
all out this caused a tremendous hubbub and they soon
thought fit to give us sugar, but the captain was
terrible [?wrathey?] and raved and swore that [strikethrough] if any though-[end strikethrough]
we thought that he cared a d-rn [darn] for any
man on board, we were d---ly mistaken
But he can't scare 150 like yankees.

Night before last we were kept awake all night by 3 or 4
of the passengers who took in into their heads to have a
grand blow out as we were going into port, and they did
blow it out with a vengance drinking carorousing till morning
one of them Mr Murray before spoken of, a fellow of
infinite wit and humor, made his way into the cabin
for the purpose of rousing one of the passengers there to partake
in their hilarity, and making some noise the second mate
whose watch it was attempted to get him out where appon he
he turned and struck him once or twice in the face which
raised his "Ebenezer," and being a large man nearly double
the heft of Murray, he caught hm and threw him up into
the rigging as easy as one would a child, where he choked him till
his toung stuck out In the morning when Murray