Wilford present for birth of his first child, Sarah Emma, in Scarborough, Maine.
14th I accompanied Father Carter & Brother Fabyan, with Abial Carter & Timothy Roth & some others in a
fish boat out into the bay for a fishing tour. the morning was plesasent after the storm but a high
sea we dug a quantity of clams for bait & launched forth into the deep, after beeating two miles
we hove to, cast anchor & caught a small quantity of fish mostly Haddock; we then sailed to a
point of Land & built up a fire hung on a pot, fried out some pork & dressed 6 Haddock & one Hake
& put them into the pot we sliced in some popatoes & put in a quantity of crackers & by adding some
seasoning & boiling it untill it was thoroughly cooked it formed as rich a dish as would be necessary
to set before a King. this kind of a dish is what seaman or fisherman call a [FIGURE] chouder we all sat
down & ate uncommonly hearty, useing clam shells for knives, forks, & spoons. after finishing our feast
we again went out about a mile from shore & spent several hours more in fishing. we caught a
great variety of fish such as cod, pollock, Hake, Haddock, Mackerel, Cunner, Flounders, Sculpin, pout,
& Skate, &c. We hoisted sail & started for home about the siting of the sun we arived at father
Carters about 8 oclock PM & spent the night. oOur babe passed a sick night with the Hooping cough. 20 m[iles]
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