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Sunday 13th June 1852 Commenced with pleasant weather and light wind from SSW ship under all sail steering W by S Saw five Sulphur [SULFUR] Bottoms Middle and latter parts had nearly the same weather The day being the Sabbath no labour [LABOR] done onboard Latitude by Obs [OBSERVATION] 42..05 Longitude by Chronometer 58..50

Monday 14th Began with pleasant weather and light wind from South At 2 PM squared yards and steered N by East Latter part had a breeze from NE Steer to the N West Watch employed fixing[?] fly Jib guys So ends all well Latitude by Obs [OBSERVATION] 41..21 Longitude 58..00

Tuesday 15th Began with fresh wind from NNE and some rain At 1 PM wore Ship Saw two finbacks At 4 PM lowered a boat and boarded Ship Harriet Irving 65 days from Boston Middle part had some rain Last part had fair weather wind Stand in shore At noon had 50 fathoms water So ends Latitude by Obs [OBSERVATION] 41..18 Longitude 59..20

Wednesday 16th Throughout theese [THESE] 24 hours had light wind from N East and pleasant cold weather Ship under all the sail steering each way by the wind Spoke and gamed [GAMMED] with a[N] English Ship 75 days from Liverpool bound to Cale [CALIFORNIA?] Send out the fly Jibboom So ends all well Lat [LATITUDE] by Obs [OBSERVATION] 41..31 Longitude 58..40