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will, and I almost think I won't
send it as was my original
intention by the first Ship
after my arrival - but write
letters to individuals in its
place — However it may
be the last you will see of
me, and at this present time
I will make no promises –
The truth is I wonder that I have
been able to write any thing at
all - I am often laughed at
a little for journalizing and many
requests to see it — my reply
is that I am only writing a
good long letter to a friend, and
take this method as the most
Convenient – (if indeed the word
convenience can apply to any
thing like writing in a ship at
sea tossing to and froe among
surging foam & billows) –
– 1/2 past four o'clock – Well
here we are going thro the water
at 10 knots to the h^r and thro space
about 13 - with now a fine wind from
the West - our yards squared - and
steering due East – have been