Part 11 (2/2)

1/4 lb Pepper

1 lb Salt

7 lb Split Peas

Bottle of Mustard, about 1s 6d

100 Eggs

2 Bushels of Potatoes

A few red Herrings

2 Quarts of Vinegar

{11} 4 Dozens of Porter

1 Gallon of Spirits

Soes

2 lb Soap

Some pieces of Tobacco-pipe Clay, which will be found to rub ith sea water in cleansing the skin

A Tin-pot with cover, in shape like a coffee boiler, with a hook at the side to hang upon the bars of the Caboose grate

Crockery, Spoons, &c

A passenger provided as above will not experience want in any coe, and indeed there are some articles hich he may dispense; as, for example, the Porter; and others he may lessen, as the Potatoes _perhaps_ With respect to medicine, it nesia, and a few lerateful; otherwise the shi+p always carries a chest containing the common remedies

31st The wind blehat the sailors call a strong breeze, which is in fact a gale, from the west; the shi+p laboured much, and such was the iers, that at night they took leave of each other, thinking it not likely the vessel should live through the night

{12} _June_ 1st With the prospect of a protracted passage, an inspection was also judged necessary of the shi+p's cabin stores; and such waste and extravagance was proved against the Steward, that it was resolved to take into our own hands the ordering of each day's provisions: awas consequently held, an account of stock taken; and ordered, that one of the party by rotation should superintend each day's consumption of food; and also of water, which had likewise been used very extravagantly Let those going a voyage not only ascertain their _sort_ of Captain but their _sort_ of Steward, upon whom I can assure them a very eneral subject of conversation now is, calculating the probable duration of the passage; yet it is essential to coe to abstract the e it as much as in us lies in some useful studies and occupations--'tis one of the worst to watch the winds and the waves; 'tis one of the most useless, for we cannot coreat bank of Newfoundland: asof longitude, (and we have no other,) our anxiety is great {13} to ascertain the passage over the bank, by which a new departure eneral opinion, in which the Captain coincides, that we have passed, without knohen, the great Bank; the weather is warmly te us delightfully over su tale” and conversation runs chiefly on ill be done, and ill be had, on our arrival at the ht the full h a heavy s of the prismatic colours,--a beautiful effect, which I reland

11th Spoke the brig Spring, of Blyth, homeward bound; and had the no situde nearly agreed with our own late suppositions

Thisthe extraordinary conflict between the fish called the Thresher and a Whale was seen near the vessel; the Thresher repeatedly raised itself on the Whale's back, so that its tail was nearly upright, and struck the Whale violently with it on the head; it is said that the Pilot-fish is at the sa him underneath with his sword-snout: they did not however succeed this time, but relinquished their pursuit at the noise {14} which the people made at the extraordinary spectacle The Thresher appeared to be about six or seven feet long

16th A Shark seen in early e Sword-fish swa it for a Whale; but finding his mistake he dropt astern, and soon after a shoal of s to avoid hith was about nine feet as we judged, and his form and colours beautiful Several kinds of birds have lately been seen; adown” as the sailors say it is always seen on or near soundings; it is about the size of, and somewhat resembles, a Duck--Many Porpoises too have lately passed us; one of these theit on board, when it was soon cut up and eaten; ere prevailed upon to taste it, and uished froravy was indeed richer

18th The events of the voyage have lately been harassing and pregnant with danger; three officers have kept reckonings of longitude, and all have proved erroneous; the shi+p has headed theer, has been near wrecked upon one of the dangerous shoals off Nantucket; the grave of {15}breakfast, the Captain, with see presenti; he made the next cast hiave the word ”'Bout shi+p”--ran hireat confusion, it was quickly effected;--the steersman called out ”What point?”--answer, ”Out as you caain as ht, or had the sea been rough, we should, in all huain It was conjectured, that we had been upon the edge of what is called ”Fisher's Rip,” and the water when the shi+p was put about had suddenly shoaled to less than three fathoht, in order to avoid the breakers which lie out forty ain

19th More alar the Boatswain suddenly called out ”shoal-water!” the line was immediately thrown, but the depth proved twenty-five fathoms: at half past nine P M one of those storms which are I suppose frequent in this neorld, passed over us, and ht P M the shi+p was just put about under a {16} clear serene starlight,--not five reat noise and confusion upon deck, and running up saw the sky covered with the tre its black s into the opposite sides of the horizon The sails were flying in all directions, and thethe round at the mercy of the ind; providentially, the extreme violence of the storm passed above us, and even while we beheld it, the dense vapour see upon our minds the effect of enchantment

Six o'clock P M not yet quit of terrors; another storain been spared, has just past over, but its effects continue; it rains violently, and lightens incessantly