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"On board Bark Winthrop commanded by Capt. Shephard Blanchard October 10, 1853, Tuesday," a journal describing a journey from America to the Holy Land, [Almira Steinbeck diary] [196] 1853-10-10
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we could put on our wraps, we had passed and only saw their heads, and backs, at some distance. But to our unaccustom eyes it was a curious sight.
17 Monday. The storm has passed, the sun is shining brightly and we are sailing swiftly along to our distant home, having passed the Grand Bank of Newfoundland this morning. Mother and Mary continue seasick. They are on deck lieing, Mother on a lounge, Mary in a sea chair, Henry and Caroline are sick by spells, I am quite well, except the breathing trouble.
18 Have seen no sails today. The little “Cary chickens follow the ship constantly. They look and fly like our barn swallows, have a white spot on their back near the tail. Captain said they were never seen near land, and it was said they hatched and carried their young under their wing hence their name “Mother Carey Chicken”. He remarked a sailor would no more kill one then he would his mother. They are also called “The Sailors Friend”. They are a deal of company flying about