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Friday 1845 15th
Bk Cornelia Lying to Anchor
at the Isl of [Foamin?] with the Packet
and Foxhound of London 14 months
400 sperm employed in coopering
at
Saturday August 16th
All hands employed in coopering
at 2 PM sailed Bark foxhound
on a cruse
Sunday August 17th
One watch ashore on liberty
at 3 PM Arived Bark Morley of London
Monday August 18th
All hands employed in
coopering
Tuesday August 19
All hands employed in coopering
at 3 PM finished coopering and took
off a raft of water
Wednesday August 20
One watch employed in blacking
the [bendes?] the other a shore
Thursday August 21st [at?]
Monday 25lying in [foramina?]
employed in geting recruits one
man run a way sailer [Barsk?]
C Packet
Tuesday August 26th
At 6 PM got under way
with a light breeze and stood out
to sea at 2 AM the wind dyed away
the current took us in shore
called all handes and towed off
latter light breezes and calms
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NOTES:
Line 4: There is a small port on the island of Mwali in the Comoro Islands archipelago named Fomboni. This area is known for humpback and other baleen whales. I can find no other port with a similar name.
Line 28: Blacking refers to tarring the rigging of a ship or the ships side to preserve hemp or wood from impact of salt water
Line 36: Bark C Packet likely Charleston Packet. Note that on Friday the 15th reference was made to the Packet.
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There is a small port on the island of Mali in the Comoro Islands archipelago named Fomboni. This area is known for humpback and other baleen whales. I can find no other port with a similar name.
Blacking refers to tarring the rigging of a ship or the ships side to preserve hemp or wood from impact of salt water
Bark C Packet likely Charleston Packet. Note that on Friday the 15th reference was made to the Packet.
On Tuesday, the Cornelia apparently had difficulty after the wind died and the current took them in shore
Reviewed 28 Dec
The [79] as written at the top right of the page does not appear as part of the original log.
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