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1880 Ship Horatio N Bedford C. Grant
Monday 19 Commences with moderate breezes from
the ESE steering NNE under all sail at
2 pm Saw Sp. [SPERM] whale 2 miles to the NW &
WNW at 3 pm down 4 boats & struck 4 whales
at 6 pm took 4 whales along Side & Shortened Sail
For the night at 6 am turn Ship to the South
Commenced cutting at 12 finished Cutting

[ILLUSTRATION OF 4 SPERM WHALES]

4 Bread Lat [LATITUDE] 25.29 S Long [LONGITUDE] 177.15 W Barometer 30.30
Tuesday 20 Commencing with Moderate breezes from the ESE
and East heading SSE under Short Sail at 4 pm
Commenced boling [BOILING] at 7 am [NAN] Ship to the NE
To Ends Lat [LATITUDE] 25.49 S 176.48 W
Barometer 30.35
Wednesday 21 Commences with Moderate breezes from the
E.S.E Steering to the NE under topsail and Course
Employed Boling [BOILING] at Midnight. finished
Boling [BOILING] 60 blls [BARRELS] latter part Made Sail and on both
Tacks looking Sharp for the Sp. [SPERM] Whales at 6 pm
Shortened Sail for the Night latter part Moderate
Sail to Ends Lat [LATITUDE] 25.17 S Long [LONGITUDE] 170.37 W
Barometer 30.20