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She ran down to us and proved to be the bark the Danish PrincesS'> 

 of Nova Scotia. She hove to, and we ran under her lee, and got 

 from her an old white signal light, and the Irish Times and Free- 

 mason^s Journal of July 24th. She w^as seven daj^s out from Dub- 

 lin, bound to Quebec. The captain before parting gave us a bottle 

 of rum, which we found was very good on wet days. Lon. 22.10 

 W. August 6. — Very heavy seas running crosswise. Al)Out 5 p. m. 

 a ])lind sea came up on port-quarter, which threw her on her beam 

 ends, but she righted in a half-minute. We have carried sail pretty 

 hard but never saw her do that before. The dangerous sea was 

 the cause, as we had only the foresail, foretopsail, foretopmast sta}''- 

 sail and jib set. Made one hundred and nine kn#ts to-day. Au- 

 gust 7, course E. half S. ; distance made, one hundred and three 

 knots; difference of latitude 12° ; departure, 102° ; latitude, dead 

 reckoning, 47° 16' ; latitude by observation 47° IG' ; variation 2^° ; 

 difference of longitude 150° ; longitude 17° 21' ; wind \V. to N.V. 

 August 8, 8.30 A. M., shipped a heavy sea, which again threw" the 

 ship flat on her starboard beam-ends ; got her back by getting the 

 topsails down and keep the helm hard up. Our spars are very 

 long, and we have to carry our topsails to catch the wind when 

 down in the waves, hence we are top heavy for so small a boat. 

 The side cylinders act splendidly ; made one hundred and twenty- 

 four knots. August 9, same terrible sea on • the water is all 

 ao-itated : asain on her beam-ends, but soon rishted airain ; made 

 one hundred and nine knots ; 10th, 11th and 12th made one hun- 

 dred and two, seventy-three and eighty-three knots ; waves very 

 hiirh ; strong westerly and northwesterly winds on the 12th. 



A large shark came alongside and kept us company ; boat pitch- 

 ing and tossing furiously, but she rides triumphantly, and his royal 

 highness, the shark, must elsewhere seek a victim ; he never shall 

 dine off us. It is hard though to keep from being washed off' deck. 



August 13, spoke bark (American) 'Nellie Merryman, (apt. H. 

 A. Eawdius ; gave us two bottles of brandy, and the bearings of 

 the Bight of Portland ; told us it did him more good than if ho 

 drank it himself. God bless him. We had now been in the track 

 of the vessels for several days, but none of them troubled them- 

 selves with us. 



Land, Ho! — Sunday 14. Twenty-seven miles north of Ushant 

 we found we had overrun our reckoning about sixty miles in a 

 run of 3,300 from New York. To-day at noon made land. Our 

 voyaf^e is accomplished, and here we give thanks to Him who 



