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[[line]] Sunday Mar. 24 [[line]]
Morning cloudy, wind N to NE fresh Ther 37 Max 42 Min 37 Bar. 29.520  See the peaks of Unimak in the distance.  The current takes us some 25 miles to the [[Sword?]].  P.M. Clear fine.  Evening cloudy Bar. 29.480 Sea rough.

[[line]] Monday Mar. 25 [[line]]
Bar goes down to 29.000. Temp 37. 39. 37. Gale from NE with hail & high sea.  Hove to all day & next night.

[[line]] Tuesday Mar. 26 [[line]]
Clears early in A.M.  light NE wind & high sea.  Bar 29.150. Ther 40. 42. 40. About noon nearly a calm, almost clear. sea gone down a good deal.

[[line]] Wednesday Mar 27 [[line]]
11 P.M last night light air sprang up & still continues.  Ther. 54. 40. Bar. 29.300, cloudy, fair. P.M. Fresh breeze from NE at 12 midnight heave to.

[[line]] Thursday Mar 28 [[line]]
NE gale, hove to all day by night make sail under double reefs  Bar. 29.100 Ther 40.  Night wind SE

[[line]] Friday Mar. 29 [[line]]
Under single reefs fresh SE wind
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Transcription Notes:
Geographical names checked: Mar 24: third line - Unimak; fifth line, last word, maybe Sword? looks like sword to me but have left in [[?]]