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Wednesday April 18th 1849. Cold. the Wind continued to blow as hard as the day previous, we were obliged to lay to. 12 M Lat 47° 27' South Long 54° 34' West. the wind began to abate some about Sun down, and during the night it was almost a calm

Thursday April 19th 1849. Clear. the wind began to breeze up a little again this morning and they began to make Sail again on the Ship and before night we were Sailing at the rate 10 knot an hour Lat 48° 02' South Long 56° 22 West

Friday April 20th 1849 - Clear. Wind West, and we were making fine headway again to day. Lat 49° 42' South Long 56° 08' West -

Saturday April 21st 1849 - Weather fine not so Cold as the last 3 or 4 days. Wind fair but not so free as Yesterday. We passed within sight of the Falkland Islands to day, at a distance of 12 to 15 Miles perhaps from them. saw innumerable quantities of Water fowl. Lat 51° 42' South Long 57° 10 West -

Sunday April 22nd 1849 - About 4 A M this morning the Wind commenced to blow a Gale from the South West, and more violent than any thing we had before experienced since the commencement of our Voyage. we were obliged to lay to ^[[insertion]] 48 hours [[/insertion]] under close reefed Main Top Sail alone. Snow. Rain & hail were the accompaniments and the Tempest roared and howled through the rigging, making the strong Main Mast, and the Main Yard tremble and Shake like quivering reeds before the blast. The Sea ran Mountain high. at times our gallant little Bark would be high up on the top of the mountain Billow, and the next moment be dashed down to their base. and the raging billows would roar and tumble high above our