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From Montivideo [MONTEVIDEO URUGUAY] to Boston 1861
August 29th 1861

29 August 1861. Middle fresh breezes. Passing clouds.
Latter part fresh breezes. Smookey [SMOKEY]. Bad commencement.

30th First part fresh breezes NE. Middle NE. N. SW. variable & calm.
Latter part fresh breezes SSW. Smookey [SMOKEY]. Passing clouds.
At 8 a.m. set stearing [STEERING] sails & M [MIZZEN] Royal. 2d [2ND] Mate sick.
There appears to be a SE. current. The winds have been so bafling [BAFFLING] I cannot tell.

31st August First part fresh breezes SSW. Pleasant. All sail.
Middle SW. Latter part SW by W morderate [MODERATE].
All Std [STUDDING] sails set. Pleasant weather.

1st Sept [SEPTEMBER] 1861. First part wind SW. Morderate [MODERATE]. Middle West.
Latter part N by E & morderate [MODERATE]. Gloomy appearances.
All sail by the wind. The Barometer fluctuating a 1/20 for 12 hours.
Look for a storm soon.

2d [2ND] Sept [SEPTEMBER] First part morderate [MODERATE] NNE. & NE. Heavy appearnces.
Middle E. & SE. Morderate [MODERATE]. Heavy rain. Terefic [TERRIFIC] Lightning & Thunder.
Heavy clouds all around. At 4 A.M. close reafed [REEFED] Topsails. Morderate [MODERATE]
& fresh squalls. Wind bafling [BAFFLING] 6 points. Latter part fresh E., SE., E., & N.

3d [3RD] Sept [SEPTEMBER] First & middle strong Gales with squalls of rain.
At 4 P.M. one reaf [REEF] out of Topsails. Some sea. Latter part
South fresh Gales. At 8 a.m. single reafed [REEFED] Topsails & T.G. [TOP GALLANT]
sails. Long heavy sea going fast. 9 or 10 knotts [KNOTS]. Weather pleasant.

4th Sept [SEPTEMBER] First & middle strong breeze & passing cloud South.
Aat 12 Night set whole Topsails & all light sails.
Latter part light airs SE. & calm. 8 Days Out.

5th Sept [SEPTEMBER] First part calm pleasant.
Middle light airs East. Cloudy. All sail set by the wind.
Latter part fresh breezes ENE. Passing clouds. [YOG?] royals in.
I ought to be farther East. I fear I cannot fetch the Cape
9 Days Out.

6th Sept [SEPTEMBER] First part fresh breezes East. Passing clouds.
Middle strong breezes ENE squally. At 12 night [MIDNIGHT] 2 reafed [REEFED] Topsails.
Latter part strong Gales NNE. squally high sea. Reafed [REEFED] Mainsail & Spanker.

7th Sep [SEPTEMBER] First part fresh Gales NE . High sea. Double reefed Topsails.