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Tides rise & fall about six feet codfish plenty on the west side of the island herring in their season Many whales about. Macarty stays to dinner. Monday August. 18. 1873 Morning rainy, foggy, squally SW wind. Two Korovinsky natives & Macarty aboard. P.M. go ashore & look in at Macartys house & go over on to the sand beach & pick up some shells Tuesday Aug 19 Rains & storms from the SE all day. Macarty aboard to dinner. Make out payrolls Wednesday Aug 20 Rains & blows from Eastward all day. Work over sketches. Thursday Aug 21 Foggy & rainy with occasional squalls from the SE and glimpses of clear sky toward evening Dredge all day, losing one dredge & breaking another. Get a new Chrysodomus. Capt Herendeen goes over to Korovinsky Bay with the natives. My 29th birthday. Friday Aug 22 Foggy & rainy with strong squalls from the SSE. work over sketches P.M. wind S with heavy squalls