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[illegible?] and I shall gide your Bark through every storm that may
come against you, I Know your mind and all that has ever happned to you
[illegible?] life you have noted manfully, although at times might have done better, but
he who never erred in his life, let him percecute you, in the midst of
this sweet conversation, the Boston whistle roused me I flew to the
[illegible?] + looked over to see what my fancy led me to think was to be seen
in reallity, but as I gained my usual senses, she disappeared in the cloud
[illegible?] hung over our ship and powered wind + rain upon us to an
afful degree, yet our little Bark bent her tope masts + lay over
one sid and darted through the foming wave at the speed of 14
[illegible?] I score, this only lasted for an hour or so. + on the 16th
we saw severale gailes passing past both behind + before, but none
touched our ship, + one would actaly immagin that Miss Neptune
who I saw in my sleep had directed every blast past [illegible?] us, these
squalls goes along with the wind, in a cloude who only extends
about a mile + all the remainder of the sea is still, but many
time when a ship is [illegible?] one of these squalls

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