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absent hours working or sleeping or filled with
visions of loved ones & loved scenes. If prosperity
which will bless both me & them can only now
attend my labors I shall be happy. In eveg &
night light variable winds & calms with some
rain. Ends same. Courses handed up & T.Gal.
sails closed up.
7 Days from Savannah

Sunday Dec 4. 1859
At 2 AM wind hauled to
Eastward. Set courses, T Gal sails Jibbs &c
Heading by the wind on starboard tack
about N.E. by N. In forenoon steady breezes
with passing clouds. In P.M. wind
increasing & a heavy swell heaving up from
Northward. Lat 36.50 W. At 4 PM, took
in T. Gal sails. Single reefed Topsails & Spanner
& hauled down T. Gal Staysail & Outer Jibb
At 6 P.M. ship is in her course E.N.E. with
starboard tacks aboard I think there is the
appearance of heavy weather. Had my sextant
adjusted & found only 2 seconds off. to be