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On a Whaling Voyage 1844
Tuesday January the 23rd All of these 24 hours modrate trades and fine weather saw a number of phinbacks employed in fitting riging Course S by E Latt 6 :: 30N Lon chro 21 :: 35W
Wednesday January the 24th Light trades and calms steered S with all sail set Latt 5 :: 20N Lon 21 : 30W
Thursday January the 25th Commences with fine trades steered S middle the same latter squally winds from SE at 3 AM took in top g sails at day light sut all sail Latt 4 :: 8N Lon 21 :: 10W
Friday January the 26th Commences with light ares and calms from SW ship by the wind to SSE at 7 AM saw blackfish and lowerd without success employed in ships duty Latt 3 :: 55N Lon 20 :: 10W _____________________________________ NOTES "[5]" written in upper righthand corner in different ink and handwriting
1--Friday January 26: black fish in this instance refers to the pilot whale. Ref.: britanica.com (R. Hussey)
2--The headers at the top of each page run onto the next page e.g.,pgs. 10 & 11 read (pg.10)Barque Cornelia Bound ... (pg.11)on a Whaling Voyage. This will occur throughout most of the log. Ref.: Transcriber's note (R. Hussey)
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Barque Cornelia Bound 1844
Saturday January the 27th All these 24 hours light ares and calms ship by the wind to S by E all sail and no wind Latt 3 : 05N Lon 19 :: 50W
Sunday January the 28 th Light trades and fine weather ship by the wind to W by S at 3 PM saw 2 ships up the weather beam Latt 2 :: 45 N Lon 20 :: 00W
Monday January the 29th Commences with strong trades and fine weather ship by the wind to WSW all sail sut saw phinb phinbacks employed in ships duty Latt 2:: 20N Lon 21::40W
Tuesday January the 30 th [First] part of these 24 hours strong trades and squally ship by the wind to SWbyS at [11?] AM took in top g sails and fly jib middle the same latter fine sut all sails at 3 A M saw a barque steering S W employed in tareing down Latt 00 :: 14S Long 24 :: 10W
___________________________________________________________ NOTES 1--Tuesday January 30: at this point the vessel has crossed the equator but no mention is made in the logbook. The vessel is in what is called the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone which lies between 20 degrees N and 20 degrees S. It is a region of moist air and usually windless. Ref.: Transcriber's note. (R. Hussey) 2--Tuesday January 30: The time [?] AM is faded and cannot be read. As before it is difficult to decipher AM & PM
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On a Whaling Voyage 1844
Thursday Febuary the 8th All of these 24 hours light trades &c Ship by the wind to S by E all sail sut employed in ships duty Latt 17..00S Lon 27 ..50W
Friday Febuary the 9 th Modrate trades and fine weather ship by the wind to S by E employed in ships duty Latt 18 : 10 S Lon 27 . 20 W
Saturday Febuary the 10 th Commences with with light ares and calms ship by the wind to SW by S all sail sut Latt 19 :: 05 S Lon by lun 27 : 29 chro 27 :: 28
Sunday Febuary the 11 th Commences with light trades and fine weather steered SW with all sail sut employed in ships duty Latt 19 :: 35 S Lon 28 :: 50W _______________________________________ NOTE Line 26: This must be a navigator with considerable experience; able to confirm the chronometer by taking a lunar sighting. (C. Chace)
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Barque Cornelia Bound 1844
Monday Febuary the 12 th All of these 24 hours light trades and calms steered SW at 8 AM made the land Martin vas rockes bear S by W 10 miles at [I?] 10 AM sent a boat [in?] a fishing Latt 20 :: 06 S Lon 29 :: 11W
Tuesday Febuary the 13 th Commences with light trades and calms steered SW at 7 AM shortened sail and heaved to saw 2 ships at 6 PM sut all sail and steered W in view of trinadad [bar?] SE 60 miles
Wednesday Febuary the 14 th Modrate trades and [fine?] weather steered S [ - ] at 7 P M took in sail and tacked ship saw 2 ships steering S at 6 AM [-] all sail and tacked ship at 8 AM saw 2 ships steering to the S E in view of trinadad bar SE 40 miles employed in ships duty Latt 21 :: 05S Lon 30 :: 06 W
_____________________________________________________________ Notes 1/ Monday February 12: Martin Vas is an island which is part of an archipelago of 5 small islands located 680 miles east of the coast of Brazil located at 20-13-30S, 29-19-30W Ref: Wikipedia.com The Times Universal Atlas of the World, Times Books London, 2019, pg. 191
2/ Tuesday February 13: Trinidad is the largest of the five islands in the above mentioned archipelago. The spelling is as above. The writer spells the word the way it sounds with an 'a' vs an 'i'.
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Crusing for Whales in Atlantic Ocan 1844
Wednesday Febuary 27 th All of these 24 hours strong gales from S W at 7 took in sail at 3 PM sent all sail out tacked ship Latt 31 :: 50 S Lon 44 : 00 W
Thursday Febuary 28 th Commences with strong gales from W ship by the wind to SW at 3 P M [fine?] [brez?] under close reft main top sail and [fore?] sail at 6 wore ship employed in mending the fly gib Martha P Hillman Latt 31 :: 50 S Lon 44 :: 45 W
Friday Febuary the 29 th First part of these 24 hours strong gales from S W ship by the wind to W at 7 PM shortened sail at [8?] PM saw a ship steering S W at 5 A M sut all sail and tacked ship at wind from SE Latt 32 :: 06S Lon 45 :: 10 W
____________________________________________________________ NOTES 1--The vessel is now entering the 'horse latitudes' located about 30 degrees north and south of the equator. This area is characterized by sunny skies, calm winds and very little precipitation. Ref.: oceanservice.noaa.gov (R. Hussey)
2--Tuesday February 13 on previous page: Trinidad is the largest of the five islands in the above mentioned archipelago. The spelling is as above. The writer spells the word the way it sounds with an 'a' vs an 'i'. (R. Hussey)
3--Line 21 - Martha P Hillman written in different ink and different penmanship, badly faded. (K. Teixeira)