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Bound Towered Newzealand 1844

Tuesday December the 24^th commences with brisk
Breezes from w s w saw several whales and lowrd
Without success all gowing like a locomotive mid
part strong brezes from s w latter part the same at
3 ½ A M made sail and cept of s e by e saw a sulf
erbottom and a soal of blackfish so ends
Lat 47 00 Longitude 162-00 east

Wednesday December the 25^th commences with strong
Brezes from the westward saw nothing 7 P M set
The foretopmast studding sail midel and latter part
Strong gales from the westward course] se by e
With thick cloudy weather saw porpoises
Now observation

Thursday December the 26^th commences with stro
Ng gales from the westward course e s e at 5
PM took in mainsail and jib and maintopgallant
Sail and fortopmast studding sail at 7 P M close reeft
The fore and mizen topsail and double reeft the
Main midel part heavey gales from s w at 10 P M
Took in the fore and mizen topsails at 2½ AM
Deylite cept of e by n latter part more mo
Derate made sail acordingly by so ends
Lat 49 47 Longitude169 20 east

Friday December the 27^th commences with strong
Brezes from the s w at noon stered N N E mid
Del part strong gales from [-] at [-] mainmast at
11 P M course N by E latter part the same at bre
ckfast time [-] [-]and [-] [hunt?]
got [spaling?] [-] [-] against the works and [vegu?]
[-} of the ship the captean told all hands
at meal times that he would punish them for
fiting but warning wize of now avail one of the
Party come aft with him for all holiday with
a complaint the [-] [-] first officer
of the ship too seeze them in the rigging which
I did when he gave them too Dozen lashes a piece
[madalfies] over a thick jacket the other had none on
Punnished them with a piece of [wormin?] so ends
Lat 48-14 Longitude 172-06

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NOTES
Lines 8 & 9: A sulfurbottom is a blue whale; blackfish are generally pilot whales.
Lines 8 & 26: This logkeeper often uses the term "cept of" when recording a course change. A similar term, "kept off" is used in other logs when sailing near a port, but the term used here is not the same and lost to this transcriber.
Line 34: This apparently identifies two members of the crew. Could not match the legible portions to any names in the shipping list other than the possiblity of Levi Hunt, a greenhand, but the first name doesn't match.
Lines 35 & 36: This apprently describes a fight between two seamen named in line 34.
Line 39: On most whaling voyages, Christmas is a normal work day; at most, reduced to ship's duty. It is possible that a fight was started by someone overtaken by the lack of a celebration.
Line 42: Flogging was banned by Congressional action in 1850. This punnishment was rather common before that, and a few instances of flogging are recorded later.