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emcpheat at Oct 28, 2019 06:19 AM

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Tues Jany 6th 1880

301 miles 33o 58" Lat N 17o Long W Lovely
day shine sun & motion very slight
Sighted a brig off the port side in full
sail but could not make her out. All the
ladies appear to have turned up to day
as there are great many more on deck than
usual The will not be many more nicer day than
this as it will get hotter as we go along so they
are very wise. We sighted Maderia (an islan
d of the N.W. coast of Africa) just after
dinner at least the sailors did for upon
my life I could see nothing No! not with
the glasses so much more the naked eye
After gazing a while I discerned the land
it looked like a cloud in the far distan
ce but an old tar assured me it was
land About 3"30 we sighed a large Bar
que in full sail, another hour and the
land appeared quite plain jutting
out into the sea About 5 pm we

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