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Saturday May 26th
Another beautiful day and work progresses about the same as the last few days, No change of scene or circumstance, and I find it a difficult thing to find a subject to write about. to fill my journal with Latitude 18"46 Longitude 80"36"

Sunday 27
Services commenced this morning at half past 7 o clock. the Steward acting as chaplain, introduced a barrel of mouldy bread and without invoking a blessing, he very deliberately knocked the head in, and the congretation soon bowed down before the aforesaid Barrel and numerous elegant remarks were offered by the audience. and it was finally resolvd that the Steward take a Specimen of the Said bread to the Captain. and inform that functionary that the Second cabin passengers will not eat the aforesaid Bread, And further that they must have better bread or the aforesaid barrell and all similar ones will be thrown overboard The Steward returned and reported, that the Captain instructed him not to open any more, till that was used up Whereupon the aforesaid Barrell was most Summarily ejected from the premises, hurried on deck and would have gone over the side, had not the Second Mate been ordered down to procure some found and the hungry expectants thereby appeased. Lat. 17"35' Longitude 83 03