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Whales

Ship Daniel Webster of Sag Harbour [HARBOR] bou [BOUND?]

Remarks on bord [BOARD] Monday Jen. [JANUARY] 20th 1834 The first part of these 24 hours we have a fresh wind and hazy. Steering SW with all sail set. Middle part takin [TOOK IN] sail as yousoul [USUAL]. Latter part maid [MADE] all sail again. Stering [STEERING] SW. At 7 AM raised a shole [SHOAL] of whales. Loward [LOWERED] and chaist [CHASED]. Got on to one and mist [MISSED] him. Got on to anumber [ANOTHER] finely [FINALLY]. Struck and got stoved. One man badly hurt. So ends this hard day with the los [LOSS] of a line. Latitude by obs vation [OBSERVATION] 2°-35 So [SOUTH] Long [LONGITUDE] by Cronometer [CHRONOMETER] 106°=15 W

Remarks on bord [BOARD] Tuesday Jen. [JANUARY] 21st 18 [1834] The first part of these 24 hours we have fine and pleasant weather with a light wind from the SE. Sttering [STEERING] various coarses [COURSES]. Middle part tok [TOOK] in light sails as yousial [USUAL], heading both way[S] on the wind thrugh [THROUGH] the night. Latter part maid [MADE] all sail again. Steering S.S.W. with all sail. Hands imployed [EMPLOYED] in coiling to [TOW] lines and filing a new [???]. At 9 AM saw whales. Loward [LOWERED] and chaist [CHASED] but they proved to bea [BE] finbacks. Nothing more worth of remark. Lattitude [LATITUDE] by obs vation [OBSERVATION] 2°=04 South Longitude by Cronometer [CHRONOMETER] 106°=47 W

Remarks on board Wednesday Jen. [JANUARY] 22 1834 The first part of these 24 hours we have fine weather with a fresh wind from the SE. Steering SSW with all sail. Middle part took in sail as yousial [USUAL]. Steering N.E. Latter part maid [MADE] all sail. Wore ship. At 6 AM steering NW with all sail. Nothing more worth of remark. Lat [LATITUDE] obs vation [OBSERVATION] Long [LONGITUDE] C [CHRONOMETER]