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December 1. Splendid breeze. Nine or ten nots an hour. A disturbance between the
schoolmaster and [me?]. Saw three calf whales together which were throwing water into
the air. Another albatross near the ship. Mr Harvers' baby died.

2. Saw the baby thrown overboard. Good breeze. Ten nots an hour.
More albatrosses seen. A young man named Ray fell from the [muscle?]
[panker?] mast to the poop- and was seriously injured.

3 Sunday. Splendid breeze. The sea washing the ship's deck.
more albatrosses. Going five nots an hour. Good winds.
About four degrees South

4. Cragan's child died at half-past [five?] and another infant died ^Brown's about an hour afterwards. Breeze not quite so strong this morning. Going five
miles the hour. Both children buried about eight o'clock.

5. Wild Day - Going twelve nots the hour, Stormy.

6. Good Westerly wind ^but very cold. Nine and a half nots the hour. Plenty of birds about.

7. Rather calm. About five nots. Cold wind. Women beat Johnson.

8. Northerly wind. Twelve nots the hour. Disturbance caused by Mr Riley

9. Good breeze. Eleven nots. Water washing the decks. Rough night.

10. Sunday. The ship nothing much. Good breeze. Water washing
the deck. An accident happened to me condensing engine.

11. Rather foggy. About five nots an hour. Reading in the evening.

12. Good breeze. Nine or ten nots]. Showery. Row with [Jaden?] through his laziness.

13. About five nots an hour. Stormy. Cold wind. Reading.

14. Good breeze. Ten nots. Rough sea. Fight between Johnson
and [???] in evening.

15. Fight between Street and Burke. Calm in the morning. Good breeze in afternoon. Twelve nots.

16. Fine day. Cragan's boy taken very ill which stopped a
performance of the minstrels. Eight nots the hour.

17. Fine day. Seven nots the hour. A service in the evening by Mr Jarvis.

18.Very cloudy day and cold. Eight nots the hour. Cragan's boy was buried in
the evening. which died about [half]
past one. The [????????] at work.

19. Beautiful day. One German taken ill.

20. Cloudy and cold. Fair day with the Catholics.

21. Nice day. Ten nots the hour. A fight between two Irish young men.