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August 30th 1859. Middle wind ENE. Fine breezes.
Latter part fresh breezes ENE. No western set yet.
Observed tide rips through this day.

August 31 First part wind ENE passing clouds. Middle ENE.
Latter part light airs & squally from E. to South. Light showers of rain.
Verry [VERY] heavy tide rips breaking & whirling. Equal to Nantuckett Shoals
or South Channell [CHANNEL]. No pierceptable [PERCEPTIBLE] current. No difference in tempreture [TEMPERATURE].
Barometer low. I do not expect to see it up untill [UNTIL] past [PASSED] the Equa [EQUATORIAL] calms.

September 1st First part fresh breezes & heavy squalls from SW.
Middle SSW fresh & heavy squalls. Latter part fresh breezes SSW
and passing clouds. Verry [VERY] heavy SSW sea. Heavy tide rips appearing
like breakers. If any current it is to the Eastward. The weather
is so squally the course & distance is [ARE] imperfect.

September 2d First part fresh breezes from SSW & passing clouds.
Middle fresh SSW. Latter part SSW. Fine breezes passing clouds.
Have experienced 36 miles Easterly current this 24 hours.
Am getting far enough to the Eastward. Shall expect the SE. trades soon.
Am surprised at haveing [HAVING] a [AN] Easterly current. Never experienced it before.

September 3th First part fine breezes from SSW. Passing clouds.
Middle & latter part SSE. Moderate & passing clouds.
Experienced 30 miles Easterly current. Barometer steady. Hope to se [SEE] it
rise the next 24 hours.

September 4th First part wind SSW morderate [MODERATE].
Middle calm. Latter part SSW. Morderate [MODERATE] current last 24 miles.
Heavy old swell from South. No appearance of a change.

September 5th first part moderate wind SSW.
Middle fresh breeze from South & squally. Latter part fresh
SSW & squally. Stood 4 hours to the west current 24
miles ENE. No prospect of a change. I am about discouraged.
I cannot make western without Northern. & going to the Eastward.
Mine is a hard chance.

September 6th First part wind S.S.W. & South.
Middle SSW. Latter part SW by S. SSW. Light squalls 24 miles
Easterly current stood 8 hours to the WSW. No prospect of a
change. The chance looks small. The Barometer a little higher than
for some days past is the only indication of a change. Bad old
sea from South. Vessell [VESSEL] goes slow against it.

Septmber 7th All this day bafling [BAFFLING] winds from SSE
to SSW. Squally. Showery. Cloudy. fogy [FOGGY]. Nasty weather. Current 36
miles ENE. No prospect of a change. Lost 6 miles in Latt [LATTITUDE].
the D___l [DEVIL] has full power over the Winds in these Lattitudes.

September 8th First part wind South. Middle South. Latter
part South. Fine breezes & plasant [PLEASANT] weather. Passing clouds.