Aug 25th Brother Cannon, Asahel and myself
took carriage and rode to the city of Monterey and
hired a fishing boat, paid $500, and sailed out
to sea to the fishing ground and fished all day.
We caught about 200 Rock fish and one Red Cod,
of about 8 lbs weight. we caught one Rock fish of about
5 lbs weight. All the fish were very small. Brother
Cannon profesed never to be a fisherman, but
he caught his share to day. Asahel hooked a
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