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Remarks on Bord Ship Huntress

Monday Januery the 6^st commences with brisk
Brezes from N E heading too the eastward und
er double reeft topsails the brunswick in site
latter part strong brezes [of e by north?] at daylight
Hove sail saw too rite whales and lowerd 3 botes
the whales galeyed with [windward?] at fore A M
Started the works so ends

Tuseday Januery the 7^th commences with strong brezes
From the E employed boiling the brunswick in
Site at 7 P M took in sail [-] doubel reeft main
topsail and foresail midel and latter part stro
ng brezes from the northword saw and spoke
The [Neptune?] 11 mon
Ths out 21 [-] [-] saw nothing but porpo
siss so ends
[Stamp of a full-rigged ship] [-] of
sag harbor Capt
[Nicoll?] Lat 47-04 Long 158

Wednesday Januery the 8^th commences with brisk
Brezes from W N W at 3 P M gamd with the [nap
tune?] and brunswick of bedford saw finbacks mid
el and latter part brisk brezes from [e by n?] 3 sails
in site saw the brunswick [-] works saw nothing
But finbacks so ends
Lat 49-18

Thursday Januery the 9^th commences with strong
Brezes from e n e saw saw nothing but porpoises and
2 sails midel and latter part strong brezes from
The eastward under coubel reeft topsails so ends

Friday januery the 10^th commences with brisk brezes
and thick weathear saw and spoke the ship frances
henrrietta of bedford 17 months 2300 barrels fore
hundred of sperm midel and latter part strong brezes
from e n e and thick foggy wea
ther saw three sails stering too the
southward saw nothing so ends
[Stamp of a full rigged ship] frances
henrietta
17 months
500 sperm
2000 whale Capt
Dexter

Now observation

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NOTES
Lines 37-38: The Frances Henrietta sailed from New Bedford 12 August 1843.