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5 Jan first part moderate breezes & smooth sea Middle calm in the edge of the stream Latter part light airs & variables fromt the South to SE
6 Jan first part fresh breezes & squally heavy sea Middle fresh gales & squally at 1 AM in the NW edge of the stream Latter part fresh breezes & passing clouds at 1 PM Cape Henlopen bore at N W 1/2 N 74 miles by chronometer
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Abstract Log of Bark Ocean Bride Captain J [JAMES] Burgess
| Date. | Hour. | Latitude. | Longitude. | Currents. | Barometer. | Therm'r. | Form and Direction of Clouds. | *Prop. of Sky Clear. | Hours of Fog A. Rain B. Snow C. Hail D. | Magnetic Variations Observed. | Winds. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direction. | Rate. | Height. | Ther. Att'd. | Air. | Wat'r. | Direction. | Rate. | ||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Noon. | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Cirus | SW | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 8 | 4 | [SAME AS ABOVE CELL] | [SAME AS ABOVE CELL] | |||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | SW | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Noon. | 12 | 37.12 | 69 00 | 0 | 0 | 30.1 | 80 | 80 | 78 | Cirres | 4 | [SAME AS ABOVE CELL] | [SAME AS ABOVE CELL] | ||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 5th | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | 4 | SW | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Noon. | 12 | 37.33 | 67 12 | 30.1 | 80 | 80 | 82 | Cirus | [SAME AS ABOVE CELL] | [SAME AS ABOVE CELL] | |||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | SW | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Noon. | 12 | 36 32 | 62 ° 11' | 30.1 | 80 | 75 | 79 | Cirus | 4 | [SAME AS ABOVE CELL] | [SAME AS ABOVE CELL] | ||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | S. S. W. | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Noon. | 12 | 35 20 | 59 06 | 30.1 | 80 | 78 | 78 | Cirus | 4 | [SAME AS ABOVE CELL] | [SAME AS ABOVE CELL] | ||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | S. S. W. | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Noon. | 12 | 34 32 | 56 14 | 30.1 | 80 | 79 | 77 | Ciris | 4 | [SAME AS ABOVE CELL] | [SAME AS ABOVE CELL] | ||||
| 3 | S. S. W. | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 9 | 8 | [SAME AS ABOVE CELL] | [SAME AS ABOVE CELL] | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Calm | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | SW | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Noon. | 12 | 34 03 | 55° 17' | 30.1 | 82 | 82 | 80 | Cirius | 5 | [SAME AS ABOVE CELL] | [SAME AS ABOVE CELL] | ||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Calm | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | SE Calm | ||||||||||||||
| Noon. | 12 | 33.45 | 55 05 | 30.1 | 87 | 84 | 80 | Cirrus | 5 | [SAME AS ABOVE CELL] | |||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | South Calm | ||||||||||||||
| Noon. | 12 | 23 17 | 54 58 | 30.1 | 46 | 84 | 80 | Cirus | 5 | [SAME AS ABOVE CELL] | |||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 |
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From Baltimore to River la Plate August 1859 Remarks August 3d 1859.
at 4 P.M. left the pilot. Cape Henry bearing West 3 miles. pleasant weather Middle pleasant fresh breezes passing clouds. All sail set. Latter part the same.
August 4th 1859. All this day fresh winds & passing clouds. All sail set. Crossed the Gulf Stream smooth water Gulf weed.
5th All this day fresh winds & plasant [PLEASANT] weather. All sail set. Plenty Gulf weed & flying Fish. Birds etc [ECETERA] nothing Remarkable
6th all this day fresh winds & pleasant weather. Gulf weed. All sail set. Going a flying following Maurys [MAURY'S] Directions. nothing Remarkable this day. Flying Fish
7th August 1859 all this day plasant [PLEASANT] breezes from the S.S.W. & plasant [PLEASANT]. All sail set. Gillph [GULF] weed around. few Fish no Birds. fine breeze as I can expect for the season Nothing Remarkable occured [OCCURRED].
8th August 1859. All this day light breezes from the S.S.W. & pleasant sea smooth. All sail set by the wind. Gelph [GULF] weed no fish no Birds. Getting alonong [ALONG] finely. the Barometer has not varied at 40th since leaving. I am now verry [VERY] near Lieut [LIERTENANT] Maurys [MAURY'S] track. Try to hit it. Experienced no currents since crossing the Stream.
9th August First part light airs from the S.S.W. & pleasant Middle calm. Latter part wind SSW. SW light airs & pleasant smooth sea all sail set by the wind this day current 20 E.N.E. less weed than a few days past
10th August all this day light airs & calm airs from ESE to SE. Mostly calm. Little or no weed. The weather fine. Prospect look dark
11th August all this day calm. Occationally [OCCASIONALLY] a light air from South. The Barrometer [BAROMETER] keeps steady. It varies not at all. The most singular weather I ever saw in these Lattitudes. The last 24 hours current SSW 10 miles
