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Tuesday April 17th
After a good run of twenty four hours it is again blowing like guns, rainy and most disagreeable on deck. The passengers are all down below, I am heartily sick of this voyage and shall rejoice when it is ended. Lat 56"00 Lon 74"30

Wednesday April 18th 
The weather still continues cold rainy and disagreeable. We are heading N.W.N. and have one consolation we shall probably get out of here some time.

Saturday April 21st
The last three days has been nothing but a continuation of gales and blows the whole time, right ahead and snowing blowing raining and the thermometor within two degrees of freezing. And this is Cape Horn, may I be chawed if ever I Shall want to double it again, thirteen days knocking about having scarcely made as many miles. Lat 55"56 Longitude not obtained.

Sunday April 22nd
We have had a good run the last 24 hours, which is quite encouraging for our stock of patience is nearly exhausted.  One of the passengers has just catched a large Albatross which measured from tip to tip of his ten feet eight inches.
Here comes the would be wit. Mr Colby an Ex Boot and Shoe dealer and Manufacturer of Newburyport. poor C. met with a severe accident a few days while standing by the harness cask. The ship gave a lee lurch and he lurchd into the lee scuppers carrying with him a post or stanchion that sustained some boats over the after hatch.
He lay for some time nearly defunct and I thought it was the Last of his attempts at wit and joking - I could not refrain from laughing however he was soon raised up and strapping his arm around the

Transcription Notes:
Chaw has a wide range of senses in regional expressions. One meaning of the verb is “to bawl someone out”: