This should get us shipshape again.
Week 14 - Monday Jul 31 - Sunday Aug 6, 1876Monday July th/31
Com with pleasant weather and light
air from S. employed cutting Lat Part
weather the same employed Cutting one
sail in sight
Lat 36-34 N Lon 44-51 W
Com boiling
Tuesday Aug th/1
Com with fine weather and light wind finished
baling Case at 3 P.M.
Lat part weather the same. saw a ship heading
to the west ship heading NE by E wind from S
Lat 36-42 N Lon 44-41 W
[bailing the contents of the Case, or head of the sperm whale]
Wednesday Aug th/2
Com with pleasant weather and light wind
employed boiling Lat part weather the same
employed boiling wind from S ship heading SS
E with light wind
Lat 36-30 N Lon 43-43 W
Thursday Aug th/3
Begins with pleasant weather and light wind
from S ship heading to Eastward Lat part
weather the same heading to SE. saw nothing
employed boiling and stowing oil
Lat 35-51 N Lon 42 47 W
Friday Aug th/4
Com with pleasant weather and fresh wind
from W. heading on diferant tacks. employed
boiling and stowing oil. saw a steamer heading
S.W. brig riged with red smoke stack. stowed
80 bls oil finished boiling at 11 P.M. Lat part fine
weather saw a whaler to South
Lat 35-55 N Lon 43-04 W
Saturday Aug th/5
Com with pleasant weather and light wind from
S.W. ship heading W.N.W. one sail in sight
Lat part weather the same employed stowing oil
nothing in sight ship heading to West wind
from SSW.
Lat 35-49 N Lon 44-40 W
Sunday Aug th/6
Begins with pleasant weather and light wind
heading to westward wind from SS.W. Lat part
fine weather Saw a Bark supposed to bee the
Janet about two Miles to leward both standing to
westward at 9 AM saw white watter on Lee bow
kept off a little run down acrost the other ships head
about one mile off she wished to gam but we
kept on the whales in sight all the time when he
found we would not stop he wore ship and went
on the other tack and when th was about four
miles off we lowared and struck in a short time
and got a whale. got fast quarter to 12. Saw an-
nother whaler to windward supposed to bee Minasota [Minnesota]
Lat 35-40 N Lon 44-42 W
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
Monday June th/5
Begins with pleasant weather and light wind from
S at 6 PM got a smart breeze from a squall
with a little rain. Saw a sail to Westward.
Lat part pleasant weather at 5 AM raised whales
lowared and waste boat got one a large lot of them
Lat 32-25 N Lon 74.14 W
Tuesday June th/6
Begins with pleasant weather wind from S
Cut in our whale and started the works [try-works for boiling oil] at
sundown shortened sail as usual Lat part squaly
Saw five sail finished boiling had about 9 bls
had Strong wind from S. with heavy sea
Lat 32-25 N Lon 73.45 W
Wednesday June th/7
Begins with pleasant weather wind Came round
to N. Steared S. Lat part Strong wind Stearing
the same at noon Luffed on the wind to E.
three sail in sight
Lat 30-30 Lon 73-39 W
Thursday June th/8
Begins with Strong wind from N. at 1 P.M.
passed Schooner Mary E. Simmons with a whale
along side. at 5 tacked heading N.W.
Lat part wind Came to E. Ship on diferant
tacks
Lat 30-58 N Lon 73-36 W
[Schooner M. E. Simmons, Provincetown, MA, p.654 Starbucks]
Friday June th/9
Begins with strong wind from E. with pleasant
weather saw a schooner to N. stowed our oil 8 bls
Lat part much the same Saw two schooners
Ship on diferant tacks
Lat 30-55 N Lon 73-34 W
Saturday June th/10
Begins with pleasant weather and strong wind
from E. stearing south West Lat part Strong
wind with Cloudy weather Saw a Schooner.
employed setting up riging
Lat 30-46 N
Sunday June th/11
Begins with Strong wind fom E.S.E. heading
S. one sail in sight. Cloudy weather
Lat part Strong wind heading to eastward saw two
sails weather pleasant
Lat 30-42 N Lon 73-25 W.
