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Tuesday May 1st 1849
I can imagine the Beaux and Belles of Boston, Roxbury, Cambridge and the surrounding towns, riding out maying or holding a Fair. for some benevolent and charitable purpose, while we are caged up here as prisoners, rainy stormy and cold with nothing to cheer us. but that we are going along our course, no observations obtained to day

Wednesday May 2nd
Fair weather once more clear and bright, The winds are very light and we have Studding Sails set for the first time [[strikethrough]] time [[/strikethrough]] since we left Rio. The Royal Yards which had been sent down previous to getting into the Stormy Latitudes are now being set up again and the indications are, that we are in warmer Latitudes and Safer Seas. Latitude 41"35 Longitude -

Thursday May 3rd
Comfortable weather to day and we are going along very slowly we are now in expectation of reaching Valparaiso soon, and the principal performance on board is, the Raffling of Guns Watches, Pistols and other trash to raise the wind wherewith to spree it when they go on Shore.

Friday May 4th
All still to day. we were becalmed till noon, when a breeze sprang up from the N.W. and we are heading E.N.E.
nine p.m. the people are now mostly below, and conduct and conversation of some of them is disgraceful to anything calling itself man, Songs of the most obscene and disgusting kind are sung during the evening notwithstanding a lady the wife of Mr Harris one of the passengers is within hearing, of every word -