Whaling Logs

Tuesday the 31st of Aug 1847 These 24 hours Commences with fresh brezes from East South East we landed 2139 Gls of Sperm oil to be sent home at the rate of 3.30 pr barrel or 3 1/2 Galle

Wednesday the 1st of Sep 1847 Lat 37.05 Long 27.53 These 24 hours Commences with fresh brezes from East by South and some squally the watch imployed in Ships Duty

Thursday the 2nd of Sep 1847 Lat 35.08 Long 28.24 These 24 hours Commences with fresh brezes from East South East latter part light baffin winds and rainy the watch imployed in scraping the pitch of the Deck

Friday the 3rd of Sep 1847 Lat 34.02 Long 28.40 These 24 hours Commences with light brezes from East South East some squals of rain

Saturday the 4th of Sept 1847 Lat 33.46 Long 28.48 These 24 hours Commences with light winds and Calms the watch imployed in Ships Duty

Sunday the 5th of Sept 1847 Lat 33.18 Long 28.55 These 24 hours Commences with light winds and Calms and ends with the same rain

45 Days out

Monday the 6th of Sep 1847 Lat 32.23 Long 29.10

These 24 hours Commences with light winds and Calms and thick rainy weather.

Tuesday the 7th of Sep 1847 Lat 31. 29 Long 29.25

These 24 hours Commences with light brezes from East South East to South East the watch imployed in Ships Duty

Wednesday the 8th of Sep Lat 30.00 Long 29.48

These 24 hours Commences with moderate breze from East South East and South East

Thursday the 9th of Sep Lat 29.20 Long 30.25

These 25 hours Commences with moderate brezes from East South East latter part fresh brezes imployed in building a round house over the rudder

Friday the 10th of Sep 1847 Lat 27.33 Long 31.00

These 24 hours Commences with fresh brezes from East South East and ends with the same

Saturday the 11th of Sep Lat 25.30 Long 31.39

These 24 hours Commences with fresh brezes from East South East at 8pm parted the fore top [ga] mount back stay took in the fly jib and fore top gallant sail at 10 am spliced the back stay and sent it up

51 Days out

Sunday the 12th Sep 1847 Lat 24.27 Long 31.15

These 24 hours Commences with moderate brezes from East South East at 8 PM light winds and rainy latter part Clear and pleasant and light winds from North North East

Monday the 13th of Sep 1847 Lat 23.55 Long 31.00

These 24 hours Commences with light brezes from North saw a bark steering on the wind to the North East

Tuesday the 14th of Sep 1847 Lat 23.01 Long 30.10

These 24 hours Commences with light winds and Calms on bent the main topsail and bent another on bent the jib and bent another

Wednesday 15th of Sep Lat 21.30 Long 29.00

These 24 hours Commences with moderate brezes from the Eastward latter part fresh

Thursday the 16th of Sep Lat 18.55 Long 28.08

These 24 hours Commences with fresh brezes from East North East and some squally. Took in the steering sails

56 Days out

Friday the 17th of Sep Lat 16.27 Long 28.20 These 24 hours Commences with fresh brezes from East and some squally

Saturday the 18th of Sep Lat 15.15 Long 28.00 These 24 hours Commences with moderate breze from the East ward the watch imployed in ships Duty

Sunday the 19th of Sep Lat 14.28 Long 27.30 These 24 hours Commences with light baflin winds and Calms and rain squally

Monday the 20th of Sept Lat 12.43 Long 27.10 These 24 hours Commences with moderate breze from the South Eastward the watch imployed in Ships Duty

Tuesday the 21th of Sep Lat 11.54 Long 25.30 These 24 hours Commences with light bafln winds and Calms and rainy in squals and very warm

61 days out

Wednesday the 22nd of Sep 1847 Lat 11.26 Long 25.10 These 24 hours Commences with light baflin winds and Calms and rain in the squalls and some lightning

Thursday the 23th of Sep 1847 Lat 11.19 Long 24.40 These 24 hours Commences with light baflin winds and Calms and rain in squalls imployed in ships Duty

Friday the 24th of Sep 1847 Lat 10.00 Long 24.00 These 24 hours Commences with light brezes and Calms at 6 PM moderate breze from N East at 9 Calm at fresh breze from Easy and rainy at 6 AM took in the top gallant sails at 10 Double reefed the top sails attended with pleanty of rain wind from S East

Saturday the Lat 9.55 Long 23.15 These 24 hours Commences with light baflin winds and Calms and rainy through the 24 hours the watch imployed in Ships Duty

65 Days out

Sunday the 25th of Sep Lat 9.45 Long 22.39 These 24 hours Commences with light baflin and Calm weather and rainy and ends with the same. [written in margin:] Sprung the jibborn in a squall

Monday the 27th of Sep Lat 9.15 Long 22.00 These 24 hours Commences with light winds and variable attended with squalls of rain

Tuesday the 28th of Sep Lat 8.38 Long 21.50 These 24 hours Commence with light winds and Calms and rain squalls

Wednesday the 29th of Sep Lat 8.10 Long 21.55 These 24 hours Commences with light baflin winds and rainy

Thursday the 30th of Sep Lat 7.41 Long 21.50 These 24 hours Commences with light baflin winds from all points in the Compass and raining in squalls

Friday the 1th of Oct 1847 Lat 6.46 Long 24.40 Lunar 21.28 These 24 hours Commences with light baflin winds Spoke the Arabella of […] Ludlow master

71 Days out

Saturday the 2rd of Oct Lat 5.46 Long 18.41 These 24 hours Commences with moderate breze from South West the arabella and two other ships in sight

Sunday the 3rd of Oct Lat 4.45 Long 17.80 These 24 hours Commendes with a moderate breze from S West latter part fresh breze from SW Took in the flyjib and fore topgal sail and aft topsail rainy

Monday the 4th of Oct 1847 Lat 4.60 Long. 16.15 These 24 hours Commences with fresh breze from S West latter part wind from South South West at 8AM a french ship passed to the lewaed of us at 10 a brig steering to the windward steering on the other tack by the wind

Tuesday the 5th of Oct Lat 3.42 Long 17.45 These 24 hours Commences with moderate breze from South South West tacked ship to the Westward latter part tacked ship to the Eastward

75 Days out

Wednesday the 6th of Oct 1847 Lat 3.14 Long 18.00 These 24 hours Commences with moderate brezes from South the watch imployed in ships Duty

Thursday the 7th of Oct Lat 2.37 Long 18.32 These 24 hours Commences with moderate brezes from South and Ends with the same

Friday the 8th of Oct Lat 1.47 Long 19.50 These 24 hours Commences with moderate winds from South and Ends with the same

Saturday the 9th of Oct Lat 1.03 Long 21.10 These 24 hours Commences with moderate breze from South and South by East and Ends with the same

Sunday the 10th of Oct Lat 00.24 N Long 21.00 These 24 hours Commences with moderate brezes from South and South South East and Ends with the same

Monday the 19th of Oct South Lat 00.54 Long 21.58 These 24 hours Commences with moderate breze from South South East the watch imployed in ships Duty

81 Days out

Tuesday the 12th of Oct 1847 Lat 2.39 Long 22.54 These 24 hours Commences with moderate breze from South South East the watch imployed in ships Duty

Wednesday the 13th of Oct Lat 4.32 Long 23.28 These 24 hours Commences with fresh breze from South East by South at 4AM. Took in the fly jib and topgallant steering sail at 10 the watch imployed in mending the topgallant steering sail and other jobs about the ship

Thursday the 14th of Oct Lat 6.49 Long 24.56 These 24 hours Commences with fresh brezes from South East by South the watch imployed in ships Duty

Friday the 15th of Oct Lat 8.55 Long 26.10 These 24 hours Commences with fresh brezes from South East the watch imployed in mending the flyjib

Saturday the 16th of Oct Lat 11.10 Long 27.50 These 24 hours Commences with fresh brezes from South East the watch imployed in mending the spanker latter part some squally

86 Days out

Sunday the 17th of Oct 1847 Lat 14.10 Long 29.40 These 24 hours Commences with fresh brezes from South East and East South East middle and latter part squally

Monday the 18th of Oct Lat 16.27 Long 31.45 These 24 hours Commences with fresh brezes from South East and Eands with the same

Tuesday the 19th of Oct Lat 18.41 Long 33.50 These 24 hours Commences with fresh brezes from East South East and South East and Ends with the same

Wednesday the 20th of Oct Lat 20.37 Long 35.01 These 24 hours Commences with fresh brezes from South East by East latter part light brezes [riged] in the jib and fly jib booms to fish

Thursday the 21th of Oct Lat 21.30 Long 35.45 These 24 hours Commences with baflin winds and rainy through the night latter part light winds from N West sent out the jib boom

91 Days out