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[[strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Mon Ju 7/60 [[/underlined]] [[/strikethrough]]
[[image - drawing 3 fish/porpoises and word 'Smith']]

Poor disappointed Smith hung [[insertion]] both [[/insertion]] his head & harpoon - his head on his shoulder his [[strikethrough]] harpoon [[/strikethrough]] harp-oon on the [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] bowsprit 

Monday Morn VII on the Great Bank of Newfoundland - [[strikethrough]] Sounded 50 fathoms [[/strikethrough]].

The cry of Porpoises brought all hands out 
Smith took his position with harpoon in hand on the martingale [[insertion]] line [[/insertion]] [[strikethrough]] leashing [[/strikethrough]] under the bow sprit - Sterry was hard by on the hoy-line whistling - adjusting [[insertion]][[strikethrough]] tackle [[/strikethrough]] tackle & [[/insertion]] ropes - whistling, chewing tobacco & whistling. 
Porpoise after porpoise darted by - the harpoon was often hurled [[insertion]] by a strong arm [[/insertion]] but as [[insertion]] Poor Smith hung his harpoon on the bow-sprit [[/insertion]] often withdrawn as the game went to deep finally the P. left [[underlined]] probably [[/underlined]] at the [[strikethrough]] sight music of [[/strikethrough]] music Sterry's [[strikethrough]] or whosever [[/strikethrough]] [[?pricker]] [[insertion]] or Munder [[/insertion]] [[strikethrough]]  & [[?]] & [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] 
After all was thro & [[strikethorugh]] Sterry was [[/strikethrough]] & crowd had become mixed [[strikethrough]] in the crowd I [[/strikethrough]] I asked [[strikethrough]] Sterry [[?]] [[?]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] the Capt if Sterry's whistling was any good?  "No" was the answer.  None whatever!"  "Well" said the mindful Sterry: [[strikethrough]]  I you the [[/strikethrough through]] "It didn't do any [[strikethrough]] [[?]] harm.  'eny how' 
Capt Hall. So Sterry [[insertion]] [[has?]] [[/insertion]] [[?]]tled [[insertion]] me [[/insertion]] I tell you what