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Wednesday, September 5th 1860.
All hands up at an early hour [[strikethrough]] at [[/strikethrough]] ^[[and]] ready for Ship's duty! Two boats' crews sent off to look for Whales - while all the rest, including the [[nation]], went hard at Work taking in and cutting up ^[[("Mimciny")]] Blubber.
I had anticipated taking measurements and making other observations of the Whale, but Capt. Budington having selected me to go out upon an outer island to watch for Whales and telegraph movements of the Boats, I of course accepted the "honors". Away I went in ^[[the]] dinkey. A very brisk time found me perched up on the Climax of "Point Look-Out", scanning all around the Bay with my "Spy" for a "Blow". During the Morning, from the movements, I concluded Gardiner's Craft was in pursuit of an Oy-big which he had probably seen. I intently watched progress tho the actions of the scene was nearly across the Bay, 10 miles from me. The Whale, seeming to comprehend circumstances cut his Morning Cull short, and without much ceremony spouted ^[[his]] "Farewell" and shot Sea-Ward.
Occasionally, I take a tramp around on the island. I was fortunate in discovering a 'Whale' of a piece of iron mineral weighing 25 lbs. This I make "fast" to for the benefit of the Scientific World. It is almost pure iron having ^[[in it]] a very small proportion of foreign substance. [[strikethrough]] [[?]] it [[/strikethrough]]
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[[underlined]] Vide [[/underlined]]^[[my]] Rewrite of Tuesday, Dec. 24th, 1861, when I learned the history of ^[[this]] Whale of a piece of Iron Mineral!
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