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The Ship Isis from Monti Vedio towards Providence,, RI.

James Donnison Commander June 21st" 8 days Out.

[[6 Columned Table]]
| H. | K. | HK. | Courses | Winds | Remarks on Thursday 21st June 1811. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 

| 1 | 2. | 1. | E C S.| E N E. | [[strikethrough]] Day commences with squally weather & heavy winds still continues blowing all hands employed as usual -- [[/strikethrough]] Day commences with Squally weather and Verry heavey --
All hands employed in common labour. Latter part killed A Pigg and droped it Day Ends with A head
wind -- Still on allowance of [[?]] [[?]]  Lattitude By OB South 32. 22. |
| 2 | 2 . | 1  .   | Els,  |   ENS  |   |
| 3 | 2 . | 1  .   |       |        |   |
| 4 | 2 . | .  . |       |        |   |
| 5 | 2 . | .  '' |       |        |   | 

Transcription Notes:
The “H” - for each hour of the ship’s 24-hour day. The first 12 hours would be the PM hours on the day before, and the second 12 hours the AM hours of the calendar day. The “K” and “HK” columns recorded the ship’s headway, or speed through the water, in Knots and Half-Knots as measured by casting the log-line every hour. Two problems require answers/decisions: (also affect some future spreads) 1. What is the notation that looks either like two commas at the line or like quote marks above? Which notation should be used? 2. The text on the right-hand page appears to apply to the heading re "remarks Thursday, 21st June", not to any particular line number, as the previous transcriber enters. How should this be noted to make sense of the information? 3.There should be an indicator somewhere that the large body of text is directly under the "Remarks on Thursday 21st June" column. If not, then I believe that this transcription is ready to be reviewed.