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[[[strikethrough]] Thursday April 26th [[/strikethrough]]
Saturday May 5th
This morning after partaking of some stinking boild rice, and coffee of the most distasteful kind for breakfast, I was leaning over the lee rail, meditating upon matters and things in general and the probable depth of the Ocean in particular, when loud voices raised in angry discussion, aroused me from my reverie, I turned round to ascertain the cause and beheld quite a crowd round the cabin door and the ball fairly commenced The cause of the gathering I soon ascertained to be that Capt Atwood having gone to Cap Procter to complain of the coffee we had for breakfast he Capt A was accused and justly too by Capt P of having caused a great deal of trouble that he A had stated the provisions on board were of a stinking kind and that the Ship was not fit to go round Cape Horn. &.&.&. and further replied Capt P we have got round Cape horn and no trouble has ensued and that if he Capt A or any other person said the provisions were Stinking told what was false - Capt A  retorted in angry manner offering to prove that the provisions did stink and denying the whole statement when he was asked by Capt P if he A. had not been to him and told him in a confidential manner if three persons were taken out of the Ship. there would be no trouble and farther replied Capt Procter. I can name the three persons if necessary. Calls were made for the names. but the Captain declined calling them on the ground it would create farther trouble, after the chief combatants had finished the passengers took up the discussion and kept it up during the day and until ten o clock in the evening, They agreed only on one point, and that was that both parties in the morning had told many falsehoods, but the parson had the lagest share Laitude 37"35 Longitude 74"20