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Aug, 13th

Kept to the eastward all day along the pack which lay in an unbroken line to the north so that is was hopeless to try and get near Herald Island for some time. A heavy sea with high NEasterly wind all day increasing in the evening until the furniture &c in the cabin began sliding and thumping about. Thick & foggy showers all day.

Aug. 14th

Steaming for Cape Lisburne all day. Warm showers from the NE all day, the temperature moderating greatly and rising to over 50° in the PM, and the 

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