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Monday 26th
The performance commenced this morning with not a hasty plate of Soup, but a hasty plate of Mush and Molasses followed by a hasty plate of stewed Beans for dinner, we have had fair wind to day, and made good progress on our Journey, the Boys Succeeded in capturing a porpoise to day and tomorrow we shall live high on Soup, The Sea all round to day is covered with Sea fowls of different kinds and the boys are preparing hooks to catch them 
Lat 37"22" Long 52"51"

Tuesday 27th
Wind fair and weather beautiful the capture of another porpoise proved the only excitement of the day Lat 40"11 Lon

Wednesday 28 
About ten pm yesterday the wind commenced blowing from the S.W. what would be termed a regular gale though the old ones say it is not a pinning, we are under close reefd top Sails and the way she pitches and rolls is a caution, about two this morning Several chests which had not been properly lashed rolld and tipd round and life and limb was in imminent danger Several kegs of Sundries rolld round without a claimant, one in the cabin filld with vinegar upset and the contents coming down on some of the passengers, started two of them up to ascertain the cause, but one of them not daring to brave the storm, jumped for his berth and was Stowed away in short metre The other with his shirt flaps flutering in the gale Succeeded in getting on deck  [[hollowing ?]] Watch most lustily which brought to his assistance the Second Mate, who kindly took a couple of reefs in his shirt flaps and carried him below, Several below, Several gonies or albatrosses were catched during the day, they are about the size of a large turkey, with as the Sailors a large Spread of Canvass. Measuring ten or twelve ft from tip to tip of their wings, Lat not obtained

Transcription Notes:
'goonies' [sic] is another name for albatross.