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1844 South Atlantic Ocean
Wednesday June 12 th All of these 24 hours light ares and calms from W stearing S all sale sut saw humpbacks in company with the [pop?] employed in seting up the fore riging Elizabeth H M Latt26::44 S Lon 06::02 W [E E? ]
Thursday June 13th Commences with light ares and calms ship By the wind to ESE all sale sut saw phinbacks Latt 27::50 S Lon 06 00 W
Friday June 14 th Modrate gales and fine weather from SE ship By the wind to E By N at 8 A M tacked ship saw phinbacks Latt 27::18 S Lon 05:: 40 W
Saturday June 15 th Fine gales from SE ship By the wind to SSW saw phinbacks at 6 M shortened sale at 6 AM made sale Latt 28::28 S Lon 06 00 W _____________________________________ NOTES: "[25]" written in upper righthand corner, different ink & handwriting
Line 12 - "Elizabeth Hillman" written in different ink & handwriting
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1844 BK Cornelia Bound
Sunday June 16 th All of these 24 hours fine gales from SE ship By the wind to SSW at 6 PM shortened sale at 6 AM made sale saw phinbacks in company with the pop
Latt 29::24 S Lon 06::10 W
Monday June 17 th Modrate gales and squally from the E ship By the wind to SSE at 8 A M bent a new Main top sale saw phinbacks at 6 P M took in sale at 6 A M made sale in company with the pop Latt 30::28 S Lon 06::30 W
Tuesday June 18 th Commences with modrate gales from [S?] ship By the wind to E at 6 PM took in sales at 6 AM made sale middle and latter strong with squall rain at 3 PM Bent a new fore top sale Latt 31 ' 37 S saw phinbacks Lon 05::34 W _______________________________________ NOTES: "I" printed dark but very small in the upper righthand corner
Line 6: the writer uses the term 'fine gales' frequently. A gale is reckoned at 34-47 Lts.
Line 35: bent a mend fwd top sale - this probably refers to setting a mended top sail.
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In the Atlantic Ocean
Monday July 1 st All of these 24 hours strong gales from S stearing N under double rift tops saw phinbacks Latt 25.15 Lon 10::41
Tuesday July 2 d All of these 24 hours strong gales from S ship is under single rift tops saw phinbacks Latt 23:50 S Lon 11::13 E
Wednesday July 3 d All of these 24 hours strong gales from SSW ship under double rift tops stearing NE in com with Pop Latt 21::30 Lon 10 20 E
Thursday July 4 th Commences with strong gales from S stearing NE with double rift tops middle and latter the same saw black fish in comp with Pop Latt 18 : 30 S Lon [3?]:26E
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Line 5: 'strong gales' by the Beaufort scale a strong gale is 41-47 kts with seas to 23'
Line 10: wore ship - wearing a ship is to bring the vessel on the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought across the bow. Ref.: Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea, Oxford University Press, Peter Kemp,1976,
Line 16: The position for July 2nd has the vessel off present day Namibia off the SW coast of Africa. Ref.: Transcriber'snote
pg. 929. 'Wear ,to.
Line 33: Black fish refers to Pilot Whales. Ref.: Transcriber's note
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1844 BK Cornelia Crusing
Friday July 5 th Commences with strong gales from the S stearing NE under double riffed tops middle By the wind latter fine and all sale saw Blackfish at 8 PM on Bent fore top gal and sut it up in com with the Pop Latt 18::03 S Lon 10::45 E [marginalia: 'Will' written before position]
Saturday July 6 th Commences with modrate gales from S stearing ENE with all sale sut at 3PM saw Blackfish at 6 PM took in sale and wore ship at 3 AM wore ship at 6 AM made sale employed in geting the starbord anchor on the Bow Latt 17::40 S Lon 11::10 E
Sunday July 7 th All of these 24 hours fine gales from SW stearing ENE at 6 PM took in sale and [shift?] in the wind at 2 AM steared N at 6 AM made sale and steared NE at 10 AM made the land on the W coast of africa Latt 17::[19?] S [dist?] E 10 miles Lon 11 30 E
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Line 11: Line 11: Bent for top gal and set it - bent on the fore top gallant sail and set it. it means the sail was sent aloft and made fast to the yards and then set to draw the wind.
Line 19: By the position of 17-05S, 11-30E the vessel is just off the west coasts of present day Angola and Namibia. Ref.: transcriber's note
Line 33: Black fish refers to Pilot Whales. Ref.: Transcriber's note
Line 25 & 26: vessels normally stow the anchors if proceeding to sea for any length of time. In this entry the crew are bringing the anchor up from below and getting ready to bend it on the anchor cable. By the vessel's position it it not very far off the SW coast of Africa near present day Angola and Namibia. Ref.: Transcriber's note
Line 24: Wore ship: wearing a ship is bringing the vessel on to the other tack by bringing the stern through the wind as opposed to tacking. Ref: Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea, Oxford University Press, 1976 pg 929, 'Wear,to'.
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1844 For Whales in the Atlantic OceanAV03386
Sunday July 14 th First part of these 24 hours light ares from SE stearing N middle and latter strong at 2 AM had one man taken in very sick saw phinbacks in company with the Popmunett Latt 15:10 S Lon 3::50 E
Monday July 15 th All of these 24 hours light trades and fine weather stearing N at 3 PM John Moor died at 5 Buried him saw phinbacks in com with the Pop Latt 13::56S Lon 03::20 E
Tuesday July 16 th Commences with strong trades stearing N By E middle the same at 7 AM saw Blackfish lowered and took one latter light [at?] saw humpbacks employed making spunyarn and in company with the Pop Latt 12::20 S Lon 03 00 E
______________________________________________________________________ NOTES Line 19: As per the crew list for this voyage John K Moor was noted as being a green hand.
Line 29: Black fish: a pilot whale of the North Atlantic, a toothed cetacean of about 20 feet in length; usually found in large schools and often confused with the grampus a smaller member of the same family. Ref.: Encyclopedia of Nautical Knowledge, W.A. McEwen & A.H. Lewis, Cornell Maritime Press, 1953, pg. 43, 'Blackfish.
Wore ship: wearing a ship is bringing the vessel on to the other tack by bringing the stern through the wind as opposed to tacking. Ref: Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea, Oxford University Press, 1976 pg 929, 'Wear,to'.
Line 33:Spunyarn: spun-yarn is a soft right or left handed laid hemp (small stuff) of 2, 3 or 4 yarns. Used for seizings and service, it is described as 2-yarn s., 3-yarn s., etc. Also known as rope yarn. Ref.: Encyclopedia of Nautical Knowledge (as above noted) pg. 525, 'spun-yarn'.