Feb 28th 1846 Saturday this is the last day
of feb & of winter and here we are riding
still upon the mountain billows of the great
deep the wind is still dead ahead the sea is
not quite so rough this morning & the gale
is lade in some degree yet some sudden
gusts & squalls are striking us it is quite
cold this morning we are running North
we are now 36 days out from
And no outward prospect of its being
better we do not gain any at all
I dreamed last night that there was a great storm
that killed thousands of Birds that were
floating upon the water I saw many that
were not quite dead I waided in 2 or thre
feet of water & picked out out many of
them & put them under a goose that
was sitting & they were warmed brought
to life & run about lively & well
it was quite rough through the day
we have lost near 100 miles in two days
but the wind changed during the night
to the North East which was A fair
wind how long it will hold the Lord
knoweth. The wind blew so hard before the
^it^ wind changed that it tore there Gib top sail
to ribbons & carried most of it away
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