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a heavy press of sail - on our weather heavy. Steering
to the Sward - 9.30 went to General Quarters: in the evening
a fire was reported on board some ship to leeward of us,
where we at once made sail and bore down towards her,
but after running some time we found it was merely a
fire on the shore - At9 shortned sail -

October 13th At 6 made sail - Employed cleaning ship
throughout, white washing holes & c. In the evening exercised
reefing and making sail - Showed lights to a large
barque, about 500 yards to leeward of us.

Sunday, October 14th At Sea. At 6 bore away and made
sail towards Pernambuco: 9 breeze freshened, shortned sail,
and hauled on a wind, finding we were by some mistake
to leeward of our port: 9.30 mustered by Open List, inspected
ship, and performed Divine Service : 11 tacked and again
made sail : at 2 Commdr and Deal dined with us - About
6 came to an anchor, furled sails -

October 15th At 8 lighted fires, got steam up, and fired a
gun for a Pilot: 9 banked up fires, the water being too
low to allow us to get in : at 3 the Pilot came off, when
we weighed and steamed inside of the Recipe & moored
ship - Yellow Fever prevalent on shore. In the evening went
ashore, played billiards and got on board by seven next
morning.

October 16th At Pernambuco - Paid Ship's Company
Monthly Allowance money - Brazilian Corvette went
out of harbor - At 7 went ashore played a match of billiards
and won - 10 got to the Europa, where we remained some
time in consequence of a heavy fall of rain-

October 17th Arrived a French Brig of War from Rio
just in Quarantine at once. Heard of 160 Slaves being