Ninth week at sea. June 26 to July 2, 1876

Monday June th/26
Begins with light wind and pleasant weather
Ship heading SE by E. saw a Brig to the north
Lat part Squalley with Strong wind and rain shower
saw a Bark stearing S.S.E. ship on diferant tacks
Lat 30-36 N Lon 60-19 W

Tuesday June th/27
Com- with more morderate weather heading SS.E
with pleasant weather and morderate wind
Lat part hazy weather with fresh wind from S.W.
ship heading W.N.W.
Lat 30-21 N

Wednesday June th/28
Com with Cloudy weather at 3 PM. commenced
to rain took in light sails at 6 shortened sail raining
very hard with strong wind. and Thunder.
Lat part rainy with strong wind towards noon Cleared
up some wind from south
Lat 30-20 N Lon 60-12 W

Thursday June th/29
Begins with pleasant weather and wind from south
ship heading E.S.E. saw nothing Lat part pleasant
weather at 6 Am kept off N.E. nothing in sight
Lat 30-40 N Lon 59-35 W

Friday June th/30
Begins with pleasant weather and fine wind from
S.S.E. Saw a schooner. picked up a bl pertrolan [petroleum?]
Lat part weather the same with light wind from SE.
saw a brig heading to south ward
Lat 31 48 N Lon 58-04 W

Saturday July th/1
Begins with pleasant weather and light wind
from SW. ship heading E.N.E. Lat part light
winds and Calms saw one sail to NW. ends with
fine weather
Lat 32-12 N Lon 52-19 W

Sunday July th/2
Com- with pleasand weather and light airs from
S.E. ship heading E.N.E. saw grampases.
Lat part weather the same saw three sails
Ship stearing E by S half S.
Lat 32-34 N Lon 56-10 W
[Grampus: n., orca - http://www.powermobydick.com/Moby138.html#G]

Seventh week at sea. June 12 to June 18, 1876

Monday June th/12
Begins with pleasant weather and Strong wind
From ESE ship heading to N.E. Lat part Ship
On diferant tacks Saw two sail Crew employed about
the ship as usual
Lat 30-21 N Lon 73-35 W

Tuesday June th/13
Begins with fine weather and wind from E at
6 P.M. gamed bark—E. B. Phillips of Boston 20 months
out 200 bls Lat part weather the same ship heading
to Eastward
Lat 30-38 N Lon 73-26 W
[Gam: n., a social meeting between the crews of two ships on the open sea. For a complete description see here.]
[Bark E. B. Phillips of Boston, p. 650, Starbucks.
also referenced on p. 654 under New Bedford, as "bought from Boston"]

Wednesday June th/14
Begins with pleasant weather and wind from SE
two sails in sight Lat part weather the same
Saw two Sail Ship heading to Westward
Lat 30-50 N Lon 73-46 W

Thursday June th/15
Begins with pleasant weather and wind from
East saw two sails gamed the Schooner Wm.
Martin of Boston 30 bls. Lat part much the
same one sail in sight
Lat 30-33 N Lon 73-50 W
[Schooner William Martin, p. 656 Starbucks]

Friday, June th/16
Com with Strong wind from E Ship heading
SS.E. saw a sail to south Lat part weather
the same made sail at sunrise as usual
Lat 30-58 N Lon 73-26 W

Saturday June th/17
Begins with pleasant weather and strong
wind from E. at two P.M. kept off W.
one sail in sight Lat part weather about the
same at half past five Am raised whales and
lowered at 8 1/2 Waste boat got one the others
made no stop but left like a streak saw them
only one riling [rising?] after got fast
Lat 30-40 N Lon 73-45

Sunday June th/18
Begins with pleasant weather Cut in our whale
and started the works wind from S.E.
Lat part pleasant weather and light wind heading
E. saw three sail. finished boiling (13 bls turned up)
Lat 31-35 N Lon 78-33 W