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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