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making better weather at present than a great many 

 ships would if here. 

 4 A.M. Heavy gust of wind. 



8 More moderate. 



9 Hauled the raft on board, made sail, set reef second 



mizzen forward. 



NOON. Very strong weather. Lat. by observation, 40 S. 

 Long, by chronometer, 131 E. 



Saturday, loth March, 1855. 

 A.M. Very heavy gale with a high sea running, ship riding 



very easy to a raft. 



8 A.M. Ditto Weather ; repairing the second mizzen. 

 NOON. Rather less wind and sea. Lat. by observation, 



38 39' S. ; Long, by chronometer, 140 45' E. 

 6 P.M. Hauled the raft on board ; made ^sail, set storm 



sails. 



10 Moderating fast. 



II,, Made the Australian land between Cape Northum- 

 berland and Cape Bridgwater. Tacked ship. Wind 

 off the shore. 



MIDNIGHT. Very fine weather. 



The log does not state her rate of sailing, but I learn 

 from Mr. J. C. James, who is related to one of the crew, 

 that during one period of twenty-four consecutive hours 

 she made eight knots, which is the equivalent of something 

 like nine and a half miles per hour. 



Our men, when on the home mackerel fishery, sell their 

 fish to buyers who are sent down by the large London 

 and other houses for the purpose in a very primitive but 

 very effective fashion. The auctioneer takes his station on 

 the beach in the early morning with the buyers around him. 



