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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[MARCH, 1902.
Tuesday 30th Light Variable Breezes & fair Wea". Carpenter Planking The Boats Quarter.
Wednesday 31. Carpenter as before. Caught 4 Dozon Small fish.
Anno 1756 Thursday 1st Janty. Light Breezes Westerly & Calm: got 2000 Eggs & Caught 8 Dozon of Small fish..
Friday 24. The first part Light Airs Easterly latter Westerly. Caught 7 Dozon Small Fish.
Saturday 34. Fresh Gales Easterly and Pleasent Wea". Carpenter Employ'd Caulking, People Clearing the Channell. Our Brandy all Expended but 3 or 4 Gallons [which we] kept for the Carpenter.
Sunday Janry 4th. Light Breezes Westerly and Cloudy Weather. 3 Men went out a fishing & Caught 14 but lost all their hooks.
Monday 5th. Light Breezes & fair Wear. Carpenter Lining the Boats, & People Clearing the Channell.
Tuesday 6. The first a fresh Gale Easterly & fair Wear. Latter Variable and Cloudy weather. In the Night with Thunder & Lightning. Carpenter Caulking. People Carrying up wood for Another Kiln.
Wednesday 7. Light Variable Breezes. Carpenter as before, Smith Mending the Grap Nails being much Straitned. The Boat went to Egg Island and Brought 176 Pengwins Eggs & 2 Shaggs.
Thursday 8. Mostly Calm & foggy Wear. Carpenter &c as before, People Sawing Blocks, to lay the ways for the Boat.
Friday 9th Light Airs at N W & fair Wear. Carpenter as before. In the Morning Rais the Birds & got 12 firkins off Eggs. Two Men went a fishing but had no Success. In the Afternoon 4 Men went on the Cattamaran to Seal Island & Kill 4 for their Blubber to Make Oil. 2 Men Employ Mending the Oven in Order to Bake what Bread we have left for Sea Store.
Saturday 10. Light Breezes & Variable, with some Rain. Carpenter as before, Smith Making an Iron for the Jibb Boom. 2 Men went a Fishing and got plenty for Dinner.
Sunday 11. The first part a Moderate Gale Westerly & Cloudy Wear the Latter Fair.
Monday 12. Fresh Gales Westerly. Carpenter as Before. In the Evening 2 Men went [out] a Fishing and Brought only 5 Small [Fish].50
60 Fish' written over a word erased.
