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flocks of purposes + dulphan that follow them, when the big creatures
are near the small creatures they spring out of the waters + fly about 50 yd [yards]
last night I saw two purposes spring out of the water upwards
of 8 feet, a good leap. our ship was sailing about 9 notes an houre
+ we could see the purposes dulphans + scupe jacks sailling as
fast as we was there is a dale of What is called blackfish + others
called the Pilote fish round this, we are now along way out of
the [[Araben Seea]], and pulling throug the [[Indian Osian]], today the
waves is dashinid over our bulwarks + sweeping all along weeting
every ones cloths. We have the most of our sails down, the
wether bing very rough + squallic, where a person is on board of a
Ship where there are so many they must alwies write with
dissadvantages so I [?] keep on much of our transaction as will
recall the remainder + memory at a future period

25th 26th 27th 28th + 30th has been very roug & rainy days, with very
heavy seas. out ship rolled fearfully, we was under the neds [?] to
Keep up very little Sails. So we could not get along

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