83

1845
Whales in the Indian Ocean

Monday August 4^th
All these 24 hours light ares and
calms ship By the wind to SE
all sale sut at 4 PM cooled down
Packet in site Latt. 10::43 S
Lon 42::11 E

Tuesday August 5^th
All these 24 hours light ares and
calms ship By the wind to ESE
all sale sut at 6 PM saw the
Isl of comoros Bar SSE 40 miles
Packet in site Latt 11::09
Long 43::00 E

Wednesday August 6^th
All these 24 hours light ares
ship By the wind to ESE saw
Blackfish in view of comoros Bar
SE 30 miles at 10 PM tacked ship
at 6 AM tacked Packet in site
employed in washing ship
Latt 11::17 S
Lon 43::10 E

Thursday August 7^th
All these 24 hours light ares and calms
ship By the wind to E all saile sut at 10
PM tacked at 7 AM tacked ship
in view of comoro Bar SSW 50 miles
Packet in site Latt 10::40 S
Lon 43: 30 E

Friday August 8^th
All these 24 hours light ares and
calms ship By wind to SE all sale out
at 11 PM tacked ship comora in site
employed in mending the m topsal
Packet in site Latt 10::20 S
Lon 42 25 E
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NOTES:
Line 8: A Packet ship is usually a small boat plying frequently between two ports
for the carriage of mails, but also passengers and cargo.
Ref.: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea, Oxford University Press,
1976, Peter Kemp pg. 625 'Packet'.

Line 15: Comoro Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands situated of the SE coast of Africa NW of Madagascar.
Ref.: wikipedia

Line 15:Bar indicates the bearing of the islands from the vessel.