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Thursday Oct. 23
Weather much the same Cloudy with shiny southerly wind & SW swell, vessel making about an E may course
Friday Oct. 24
Weather unchanged - Play crib most of the day which is too rough for work
Saturday Oct. 25
Weather unchanged. Play crib & win 13 out of 25 games -
Sunday Oct. 26
Weather cloudy much the same but wind lighter & more variable.
Monday Oct. 27
Dead calm all A.M. N Lat 49 24.01 and Lon. 132.47.00 W at noon sound with fine twine
as follows opposite break the first line with too heavy lead. Haul in a good part
of the line but a whale appears to have broken it when part way in - No bottom reached - 
Later a little northerly  [[??]]which dies away & comes out SE late in P.M. 
Our patience is nearly worn out with the unexampled southerly & easterly winds at this
time of the year 
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50/n mar  64 fln  [[strikethrough]] gh 56.' [[/strikethrough]]   1664 -
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                                                                 10.1 84
                                  10.05.00
                                    .05.33
              100                   .06.58   1.25
              100                   .08.45   1.47   22
              100                   .11.04   2.19   32
              100                    13.35   2.31   12
               50     14.55
               50     16 13          16 72   2.38    7
               50     17.36 
               50     19 00          19 00   2.47    9
               50     20.32
               50     22.00          22.00   3.00   13
               50     23.30          
               50     25.00          25.00   3 00    0
               50     26.38
               50     28.17          28 17   3.17   17
               50     29.57
               50     31.38          31 38   3.21   04
               50     33.17
               50     35.00          35.00   3.22   01
               50     36.48
               50     38.30          38.30   3.30   07
               50     40.17
               50     42.10          42.10   3.40    0.10
               50     44.04          
               50     45.65          45.55   3.45    0.5
               50     47.52
               50     49.54          49.54   3.59    0.14
               50     52.03
               50     54.10          54.10   4.16    0.17
               50