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brood bid defiance to the
toils of the Angler.

4th day 20th.

A warm morning this _ wind
still SSE. _ a sail in sight _
- almost all my qualms have
taken their departure _ The
Sail in Sight proves to be the "Bayard"
one of the Havre packets - It also
sailed with the Acasta on the
13th _ as it put about passed
our stern half a mile off, but
with good glasses we saw the
deck crowded with its passengers
_ not near eno to speak then

At 12 o clock find our Latitude
36° 35 _ Somewhere if I recollect
the L of Richmond, Va _ the
Sea water warm as well as
the air _ The Bayard in sight
at 12 o clock _ but now lost
to our [_en?] _ A Calm has
overtaken us - perhaps a
prelude to its opposite _

The Shearers _ shear the
waves or swell more properly
and the gulls strech their
wings to gull the poor finny