16th The wind has changed to the south
East so we have A fair wind again we run
about 8 nots an hour on our course we are
now about 800 miles from New York
it is not quite as cold to day as yesterday
as we are getting further south
Elder J. A. Stratton Rehearsed Nto us A vary
singular circumstan that fell under his obser-
vation which was truly A singular pheno
namen on the 22nd day of October 1845 in
company with some friends He went to visit
A certain female by the name of Ann Comer
daughter of James And Susan Comer living
at the villiage of Farrington Gurney 12 miles
from Bath 15 from Bristol Summersetshire
England. She was A well sprightly child
untill her 12th year At which time she was
taken with convulsions & fits for 5 weeks
when her joys Jaws became locked & eyes
closed she lost the use of her limbs
was ownly able to turn her head
And raise her hand a few inches the
last article of food she was ever known
to eat [was] A small bite of an egg this was
upwards of eight years since during
which time there has nothing entered her
mouth or passed from her she breaths
through her nose which seems regular
And her puls beats regular but quite
feble she has grown about 2 inches in lenght
during this state. she looks vary plesant
has her A smile upon her countenance
It is the opinion of some the she was
not insensible As incredible as this may
seem Elder Stratton said He could not
find a doubt with any one in the
Neighborhood onf the correctness of this
statement. He pressed her hand several
times & recieved A light pressure in return
the family had tried to keep it from
being know abroad as much as possible
her fingers nails have come off 3 times
during the eight years but are at the
present time are perfect many of the
first Physicians in Bath have visited
her some have spent three or four adays
at a time with her they have desired
to have her removed to the Hospital but
her parents will not Admit of it
In the afternoon we had a calm with
quite moderate weather untill 6 oclok
when A heavy squall suddingly struck
us with 3 ^top^ gallant sails set evry exherti
on was made by the whole crew to get
the sail in as spedily as possible the
gale increased for about one hour
when it blew a Hurrycane but they
saved all their sail but one gib
which tore to atoms & blew away
it was considerd the heaviest wind
we have had on the voyage it imme-
diately raised A high sea sea & we
had an exceding rough night pitching
tumbling rooling & rocking untill I
was sore tumbling in bed And trying
to hold myself in It turned vary
cold so that A person would be chilled
through in a few moments on deck
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