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Jan 7, 1840

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January 07, 1840 ~ Tuesday

7^th We have a dead calm to Day in Long 17.40
We spoke a Scottish Bark named Georgeana
from Leith Scotland bound for Granada a west India
Island this her 7^th day at sea her Long 1740
A number of Birds such as sea guls were

flying around the ship & the passengers shot sever-
al of them & they fell dead into the water
We saw a large school of porposes & black
fish some of the Blackfish were supposed to
be as much as 20 feet in length they
would roll on top of the water all around the
ship

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Daybook (8 August 1839 - 12 January 1840)

7th We have a dead calm to day in Long 17.40 We spoke a Scottish Bark named Georgeana from Leith Scotland, bound for Granada a west India Island, this her 7th day at sea, her Long 17.40. A number of Birds such as sea- guls, ^were flying around our ship^ the passengers shot several of them & they fell dead into the water. We saw a large school of porposes and Black Fish some of the Blackfish were supposed to be 20 feet in length they would roll on top of water all around the ship