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under water wanting about 4 Sheets more besids the 12 put
on and now leave it as Food for worms. we have taken
about 160 Cask to stow for [grovel?] giving about 1 1/2 cent
per Gallon our spars or Top Sail yards ready made cost
about our Sails about the same as is given for these
at Home I have now shiped 12 or 14 men and am now
ready for sea.

So ends this Day or Days

Ship France J. Egbert Howell master bound to
New Zealand or elsewhere for Oil.

Monday March 4th, 1839.

Commences with a moderate Sea breeze and fair
weather set our Ensign and loosed our Top Sails for
sailing was soon boarded by the Custom House Boats
the Officers of them counting the men over found 2 more
than we cleared with for that reason could not procede
to Sea untill we had either sent 2 men on Shore or taken
another clearance from the Custom House did not do
either but stowed them away and firled our Sails
for the coming day.

So ends.

Tuesday, March 5th, 1839.

Commences with light Land breezes and fair weather
set the Ensign and loosed the sails was boarded
by the Custom House Officers and all was right
got under weigh for Sea found after Heaveing up
our anchor another one was fast to it weighing
about 800 lbs took it on Deck and stowed it put
4 Boats ahead for Towing at 2 P. M. passed Fort
Santa Cruz at 4 Do. off Flat Island at 5 Do. Calm
at 10 Do. light airs from the north steered South
middle Hours the same Latter the wind veered to
the South steered by the wind to the Eastward
at 11 A. M. Flat Island bore north 30 miles Dist.
at 12 Do. Stowed the anchors unbent the Cables and
coiled them below So ends painting Ship.

Latitude Obs. 23" 44. South. Longitude per. watch 42" 40 west.