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Remarks On Board Ship

Friday
Oct [OCTOBER] 8th 1857
First part brisk trade breeze. Ship
stearing S. East by the wind. All sail
set. Midle [MIDDLE] part tacked to north. Latter
part tacked to south. Saw Perew Island [BERU ATOLL?]
baring [BEARING] east distance 16 miles. L [LATITUDE] 1 28 S [SOUTH] 175 35 noon [???] E [EAST?]

Saturd [SATURDAY]
Oct [OCTOBER] 10th
First part brisk trades ship stearing to
S. East by the wind. All sail. At 5 P.M
squally weather. Took in light sails.
At sunset saw Clarks Island [ONOTOA ISLAND] baring [BEARING]
S.S. West. Distance 18 miles. Midle [MIDDLE] part
and latter stearing the same. Saw
Roaches Island [TAMANA ISLAND] dist [DISTANCE] 16 miles. Baring [BEARING] east.
So ends this day in Lat [LATITUDE] 2 16 175 45

Sund [SUNDAY]
Oct [OCTOBER] 11th
First part stearing to N. East by the
wind. All sail set. Midle [MIDDLE] part tacked
to south. Latter tacked to N. East. 2 00 175 51

Mond [MONDAY]
Oct [OCTOBER] 12th
First part light airs and calms. Ship
heading to N. East. All sail set. Midle [MIDDLE] part
tacked to S. East wind from N. East.
Latter stearing the same. At 10 A.M
pased [PASSED] Roaches Island [TAMANA ISLAND] Distance 18 miles.
So ends in Lat [LATITUDE] 2 26 176 20

Tuesd [TUESDAY]
Oct [OCTOBER] 13th
First part moderate trade breeze.
Ship stearing E.S. East by the wind.
All sail. At sunset saw Hope Island [ARORAE ATOLL]
baring [BEARING] E by North. Dist [DISTANCE] 20 miles. Midle [MIDDLE] part
stearing the same. Latter part daylight
tacked N.N. West. Saw Hope Island [ARORAE ATOLL].
At 11 A.M the canoes boarded us with
there [THEIR] trade. Saw a sail. 2 30 176 40

Wedn [WEDNESDAY]
Oct [OCTOBER] 14th
First part brisk breezes. Ship heading
east. Midle [MIDDLE] part S. East. Latter part
tacked to north. All sail set.
So ends this day in Lat [LATITUDE] 2 59 176 54