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Cyrus M. Hussey, cooper, Rowland 
Coffin, do. George Comstock, seaman, 
and William Lay, do. 
On the 15th day of December, we 
sailed from Edgarton, on a whaling 
voyage, to the Pacific Ocean, but in 
working out, having carried away the 
cross-jack-yard, we returned to port, 
and after having refitted and sent aloft 
another, we sailed again on the 19th, 
andon the same day anchored in Holmes’ 
Hole. On the following day a favoura¬ 
ble opportunity offering to proceed to 
sea, we got under way, and after having 
cleared the land, discharged the pilot, 
made sail, and performed the necessary 
duties of stowing the anchors, unbend¬ 
ing and coiling away the cables, &c.— 
On the 1st of January 1823, we experi¬ 
enced a heavy gale from N. W. which 
was but the first in the catalogue of diffi¬ 
culties we were fated to encounter.-— 
As this w r as our first trial of a seaman^s 
life, the scene presented to our view, 
“ mid the howling storm,’’ was one of 
terrific grandeur, as well as ofrealdan^ 
