Awashonks (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., KWM_494

20 Saturday This morning soon after breakfast we raised a cow and calf in shore lowered the boats and chased but to no affect The sail that was in sight last night proved to be the Legoda Capt Devol of New Bedford he came in to day and Capt Devol is on bord now. John and George went on bord the Legoda before she came to anchor and Capt Devol came back with them he came to anchor about two Oclock this after noon 21 Sunday To day strong wind and very rugid. no whales in sight a native came on bord yesterday and stoped until this afternoon when he went on bord the Legoda they have a boat on shore to day. Capt Devol stayed hear last night until nine Oclock. he has not ben here to day I think he went on shore in his boat and I am not shure they can get back to night as it will be bad about geting their boat of it is so rugid 22 Monday Last night through the night and until twelve Oclock to day it blowed very hard and was rugid but this afternoon quite morderate and our boats have ben chaceing whales they have not come on bord yet but I shant have to wate for that to know if they have got a whale for we know about as well what they will do as when they leave we do when they come back if it was not for the looks we might as well let them be on the cranes 23 Tuesday Last night and until this noon it has blown a gale but it morderated then and since four Oclock we have ben on shore but we did not stay but a very short time for it began to brieze on again and by the time we got on bord it blew very hard again 24 Wednesday It has blown a gale all night this morning at three Oclock they called John and sayed they thought the ship was draging he went on deck as fast as he could and shure enought she had draged and was clost to the rocks. they let go the other anchor. sent down some of the yards and spars but stil she has draged a little nearer to the rocks he has hove over the kedge now but if the wind continues we must go on shore. Eleven Oclock she holds now and they have got up the spare anchor and are bending on the center forles to it and will let that go to, the wind does

not abate we have only our lower masts up now and an axx laying by them to cut them down if she strikes Twelve we are stil aflote and the wind has abated a little, four Oclock John has sot the colars for Capt Devol to come here, he has come but does not seam inclined to give his opinion eney way John has decided to try to get underway when the tide turnes for it is going to blow again to night Capt Devol has ofered to let three of his boats come and try to tow but the curant is so strong that the boats canot do eney thing. about six the tide turned and they began to try to get the anchors this took sometime for we had four down Capt Devol he stood in the waste throwing the lead just as the last anchor left the botom he sang out to hold on for we ware going to take the rong way but just at that moment kind Providence sent us a fair brieze and we came of finely and at eight was at anchor again several miles from the rocks and we ware all I think very thankful 25 Thursday It continued to brieze on last night and blew as hard as it did the night before and I was very thankful we ware where we ware although they called John twice in the night for they thought the ship draged (but she did not) it continues to blow but as we are now if we drag we have sea room to go to sea. I have ben moste of the day clearing up for I picked up such things as I thought I should nead most and had them handy at a moments worning I tied up my beds and a lot of things in them for I wanted to save all I could, if it was posible and I had it handy John wanted George and me to go on bord the Legoda but I was not wilin to. the wind luls this afternoon but I think it will brieze on again this evening 26 Friday It still continues to blow as hard as ever. it will lul a little while evry afternoon and by eight Oclock in the evening it will pipe it out again as strong as ever. as we lay the sea will brake under the ships bowes and come over the rail way aft to the mizen mast, Our starboard anchor is gorn part the shackle. what will go next I wonder or will it ever stop blowing

27 Saturday It has blown to day but I do not think quite as hard as it did yesterday this after noon it morderated down so that after four Oclock we went on shore for a little while. Capt Devol spent the evening with us last evening, thare has ben but one whale in sight to day 28 Sunday It still continues to blow, but I do not think quite as hard as it has, No whales in sight to day. John and the stuard had some trouble this morning but I hope it is over the stuard intoxicated him 29 Monday This morning it did not blow quite as hard as it has done and we raised a cow and calf we lowered two boats and the Legoda lowered three but the tide and wind so strong against them and the wether was geting worse all the time so they had to give them up and get back as well as they could. it continued to brieze on and has blown to day as hard as it has for several days. Capt Devol went on shore last night of some of the same kind of stones that we have got he says he wants two tun to take home 30 Tuesday Still blowing but to day we have sean some clouds which is the first we have sean since it began to blow so we feel in hopes it will be better wether sometime, no whales in sight to day. John has just had a pig killed 31 Wednesday It still continues to blow. No whales in sight to day Capt Devol came on bord and spent the evening last evening, it morderated a little this afternoon and the boats have ben sweeping for the anchor but did not finde it Aug 1 Thursday It still blew through the night and until after twelve to day it then morderated some and this after noon the boats have been sweaping for the anchor again but with no success. Only one whale in sight and that a long ways of shore, The times is bad enough 2 Friday It has ben quite morderate to day and we have ben on shore the boats have ben sweaping for the anchor since the tide turned but to no affect

3 Saturday Still blowing we went on shore a little while just at night but it was to rugid to do eney thing and the brakers was very bad when we landed 4 Sunday Since evening it has blown very hard but now just at night it is more morderate so we could lower a boat it blows so moste of the time we could not see a whale far from the ship. none in sight to day. we had no one aloft until since dinner. 5 Monday It still continues to blow as hard as ever. No whales in sight to day 6 Tuesday We have ben on shore again to day we got up at four and went some eight miles the sun was just rising when we landed we caried some bread coffee shugar butter peper and sauspans and thare was plenty of oister we had oister soup and rosted oisters. We had a very god time although the wind blew fresh. I got quite a lot of little shels. No whal in sight, the Legodas boats went to but not with us they went the other way 7 Wednesday To day rather more morderate our boats have ben down and chased four whales but to no affect this afternoon we went on shore a little while and got a lot of pusley for greens and a fiew shels. Capt Devol saw us go and he came to and got some he sent me to day a bottle of quince presurve and some writeing paper. I was out of paper 8 Thursday This morning thick and unpleasant with evry appearance of a blow from the westward, soon after light the Legoda got underway and left. It looked very bad and before the Legoda was out of sight John made up his mind to go to. soon after we started we raised a sail John thinks it is some one that has ben trying to get in but it has ben head wind for eney one comeing hear for the last two weaks. to day is the first day we have had the wind from the westard, the strange sail and the Legod are nearly a head now, John thinks he shall take a look at Turcle Island country and if thare is no more doing thare than here he shall go of rolie sholes. The Legoda has not got a hump back so we are not alone. I have my arms polticed to day for

for they are ready to blister I burnt them with the sun yesterday seting in the sturn boat washing the shels I have got here they are nothing nice but they are the best I can get. Capt Devol spent the evening here night before last we could not get our anchor we lost 9 Friday To day is my burth day thirty six it dont seam hardely posible I can be as old as that. I will allow I feal very old to day. I spent this fournoon a washing this afternoon I have ben trying to clear up some and get things put away for we have ben in heaps for the weak past. To day they have ben sending our top masts and yards aloft again they will not get through to night We found our larbard anchor. had one of the flues broak parte the way of yesterday after we took it. The sail that was in sight yesterday was the Nassaw Capt Herendean he went on bord the Legoda and then he and Capt Devol came here and spent the evening he was from turcle Island he went in thare the sixteenth of last month he got one whale soon after he got thare and then it comenced to blow and has blown ever since until he left which was the six of [he?] did not see a whale for a weak before he left he lost one anchor and broak another and draged out to see. he was comeing up to Rosameries when we met him but when he found we had done nothing he concluded to go to Angear and get some recrutes and then go to New Zealand the Legoda is going to New Zealand to so the went of in company. we are on our way to roleys sholes to cruse thare a while and see if we cant get one whale before we go to port more than one would come acceptable but I wish we could get one so we may know we can get one 10 Saturday To day very light wind and worm. while we lay at Rosameries it was almost imposible to keep worm with all the clothes on we could get on I would ware my thick flaniel sack and my cloak and sometimes one of Johns jackets all at once and be cold then. They have now got the topmasts and yards aloft again and are a little cleared up again. One fin back in sight to day 11 Sunday To day very pleasant and light winds. John is very low spirited and it seam is if thare was nothing for us this voyage, John says he had better have stole a horse and gorn to prison for three years than be here