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Monday May 20th, 1839.

Commences with moderate breezes from the
S. & E. Steering by the wind to the Eastward
at 9 P.M. made the Land to the South part of
New Zealand bearing East by calculation 10 miles Dist
at 10 P.M. tacked ship of shore lying off & on
through the Night at Daylight bent the cables
and run into the entrance of Anchor Island Harbor
and hauled too sent in a Boat to examine the
Harbors & Soundings after an abscence of 3 Hours
returned with a good report run in under
the Lee of an Island 3 miles up the Harbor and
hauled too a Cables length off let go our best Bower
anchor run out 90 Fathom of chain and no Bottom
the wind increasing turned on to heaving up
the Ship making a Dead Drift through a passage to
the [SouthW.?] some places 1 mile at others a 1/2 mile wide.

So ends.

Tuesday May 21th, 1839.

Commences with heavy gust of wind & Rain from the
mountains with an occasional lul with now &
then a fresh hand at the Bellows the chain coming
in and then out the Ship still drifting to the
South and no appearance of the head of Navigation
the anchor but half up sent off a Boat to Sound
to the leward of a Point of Land before she returned
the Ship had drifted to the leeward of it made
Sail to Beat up but lost ground sounded
with the Deep Sea Lead found bottom at 60 Fathoms
clewed up and let run the anchor but no Bottom
it is now 10 Oclock and blowing a tremendous
Hurricane with a pouring of Rain and an occasional
flash of Lightening the Ship at times nearly touching
the Rocks at half past 10 carryed away the mizen
Top Sail yard the anchor now touching the Rocks
making a noise like distant Thunder but the Ship
still drifting at 11 P.M. the Ship draging into a bend
of the Bank one cables length of the Rocks

middle Hours fresh gales with a lull of a few minutes
to freshen the ni[?].