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1844

Bound Towerds The Western Islands

Sunday July the 14^thcommences with moderate gales
From S S E one sail in site and one scool of por
poises the watch employed in the rigging at 4 Pm
Bent the flying Jib midel and latter part lite
beffeling wind with [-] squels too sails in
Site saw nothing but porpoises so ends &
32-11
Lat 38-50 Longitude by cron

Monday the 15 ^th commences with moderate brezes
And fine course e s e at 6PM spoke a port
ugees brig from cuba bound too mont gego & saw
[ - ] the SW end of of flores bereing by compes
N E by E Distant 25 miles wind in latter part
Moderet brezez and fine cource s e½ e sew too sails
And a scool of [cillers?] at 11 AM sew the land faye
ll at noon the land bore s e by e ½ saw grampuses

[marginalia: Fayal]

Tuesday july the 16 ^th commences with lite winds
and fine cource se ½ e sew a scool of blackfish
End lowered all the botes without success
Sails in site at 7 PM hauled the up and
Took in fore and mizzentopgallant sail and fly
ing jib at 8 PM hauld the wind in [ - ] about
Hauling too the s e feyell the west and
Bareing e by s ½ s 10 Dis fine bereing s e by e ½ 15 Dis
Run in of the herbour of feyell the capteon
Went on shore at [7?]PM [commenced?] ship stand
ing of end on so ends

Wednesday July the 17 ^th commenced with
[Hadenote?] brezes standing of end on feyell
Harbour at 4 1/2 PM the [ --itts?] came
Of 200 bushells of potatoes 50 bushels of
onions end four cebbeges and [promkeons?] at 5 PM
the cepteon sent of too men thet have hed
[Shipet?] midel pert stood of end on end took
Several times at 6 1/2 AM were in of the
Herbour and sent the bote on shore
E at 10 AM the [ - ] [from?] [-asane?] of end
Stood out too sea severel ships stand
ing of and on
Lat -8-25n Longitude 38-25 w

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Notes

line 12: Longitude by chron is longitude by chronometer. This entails comparing the ship's
local time to the time by the chronometer which is Greenwich Mean Time. One hour is equal to 15 ⁰ of longitude.

Line 16: Possibly reads Montenegro?

Line 17: flores - probably refers to the Island of Flores the northwestern most island in the Portugueses islands of the Azores.

Line 20: fayell probably refers to the island of Fayal in the Azorean chain as above.

Line 34&35: ship stood of end on - the ship was standing off and on, i.e. the ship remained under sail tacking back and forth off the
harbor.
Ref.: transcriber's note.