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From Pernambuco to Philadelphia 1854 - 5

27 Dec. [DECEMBER] First part fine breezes & passing clouds.
Middle squally. Variable winds from the Northward.
Latter part fine breezes from the N.E. & pleasant. T. [TOP] M. [MAIN] Std [STUDDING] Sail set.

28 Dec. [DECEMBER] This day light winds & pleasant. Stearing [STEERING] NW.
Gulf Weed & F [FLYING] Fish. Makeing [MAKING] slow progress.
Std [STUDDING] sails set low & aloft.

29th Dec. [DECEMBER] Light breezes & passing clouds. Stearing [STEERING] NNW.
No fish. Few Birds & weed. All std [STUDDING] sails set.

30th Dec. [DECEMBER] First part fresh winds & cloudy. Wind holling [HAULING?] with the [TUSS?].
Middle & latter part fresh gales & cloudy. Heavy squalls.
Lost Fore Topsail.

31st Dec. [DECEMBER] Fresh gales & heavy squalls.
Bark under 2 close reefed topsails.

1st Jan. [JANUARY] Fresh gale & passing clouds. Heavy sea. Much Gulf
weed. Heading to the N.E.

2d Jan. [JANUARY] First & middle fresh gale & passing clouds.
Heavy sea. At 8 P.M. wore to the west.
At 8 am set reefed main sail, jib & Spanker.
Fresh gales & bad sea. Bark labouring [LABORING] heavy.
Much Gulf weed. Few Birds. Heading NW.

3d Jan. [JANUARY] Fresh gales & bad sea. At 4 am set dougle reefed
M [MAIN] Topsail. Great quanties [QUANTITIES] of fresh weed.
Stearing [STEERING] N.W. by N. Squally appearances. Ship labouring [LABORING] heavy.

4th Jan. [JANUARY] First part fresh winds & passing clouds & squally.
Middle squally.
Latter part moderate & passing clouds. All sail set.
Considerable quantity of dead lookoking [LOOKING] weed
few Birds.