about one year I spent 8 days with Father
Carter & Household visiting the relatives & Saints in
Scarboro and one day I went out into the sea with
a B Fabyan & Ezra Carter my Brothers in Law in
a boat to fish with hooks we caught 250 Cod
Haddock & Hake and we saw four whales two
at at a time, the first ^time^ in my life that I had
ever seen that kind of a fish that swallowd
Jonah. On the 18 August 1837, I parted with
my Wife and her Fathers household leaving her
with them, and in company with Johnathan H
Hale started upon my mission to that I had
in view when I left Fo Kirtland to visit
Fox Islands to preach the Gospel to the inhabitants
thereof. We walked 10 miles to portland & took the
steem boat Bangor which took us to Owls Head
where we went on board of a sloop which landed us
on North Fox Islands at 2 oclock on the 20 of Auguts
August This town is called Vinal Haven it
includes both North & South Fox Islands in Lat
44 North Long 69, 10, population 1800

about one year I spent 8 days with Father Carter & Household visiting the relatives & Saints in Scarboro and one day I went out into the sea with Fabyan & Ezra Carter my Brothers in Law in a boat to fish with hooks we caught 250 Cod Haddock & Hake and we saw four whales two at a time, the first time in my life that I had ever seen that kind of a fish that swallowd Jonah. On the 18 August 1837, I parted with my Wife and her Fathers household leaving her with them, and in company with Johnathan H Hale started upon my mission that I had in view when I left Kirtland to visit Fox Islands to preach the Gospel to the inhabitants thereof. We walked 10 miles to portland & took the steem boat Bangor which took us to Owls Head where we went on board of a sloop which landed us on North Fox Islands at 2 oclock on the 20 of August This town is called Vinal Haven it includes both North & South Fox Islands in Lat 44 North Long 69, 10, population 1800