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the Schooner coming down and an English Barque
in the offing : at a quarter past eleven punished Tarr
AB with three dozen for bringing spirits on board.
At 2 the Schooner bore down upon us, saying the
barque was ashore, the Captain and Ships company
being all drunk: got steam up and went to her assistance.
Commdr and Pilot went on board and
laid out an anchor for her aft. Every appearance of
dirty weather.

September 6th At daylight it was very cold and
foggy and the ship was beating heavily on the bottom
as a nasty little toss of a sea had got up: we got hawsers
on board and after considerable trouble and a good
deal of danger, succeeded in getting her into deep water,
but not before we had touched ourselves abaft. Barometer
falling fast. When letting go the hawser, one man nearly
lost his leg. In the evening we had cards and made
it Saturday night and turned in.

Sunday September 7th 1856 Off the English Bank
a most unpleasant, wet, disagreable morning. At
8 saw the Schooner. At 3 Sydney came on board and
dined with us and the Commander in the gun room.
After he left I turned in, the night being cold and
uncomfortable.

September 8th An increase on my list from apathy
from Gonorrhoea among the boys. Our Steward one
of the lot suffering from Palpitations of the heart.
On this evening we had a round game in the
Gun room, commencing with Vingt-un and finishing
by a glass of grog and a pipe.