Tuesday, 26th				Painting “half round”. Had another burst up with second mate. Subject: whether he or I had the most common sense. I have just come from the wheel, and in the whole two hours, I don't think she has gone ahead three inches. The trades are now finished and it is a dead calm. We “turned to” half an hour earlier this morning. This ship is fast turning into a work-house. It is getting harder every day. Tonight the mate stoped us playing the banjo before six.
	Wednesday, 27th				A lot of whales knocking about today. One of the A.B.'s in our watch has got his foot poisoned and is now in dry dock. So we got another hand instead of him, and last night he was taken away again because we would not sing out on the ropes, which makes six wheels in one watch and eight in the other. The men are in a great excitement about it, and no wonder.
	Thursday, 28th				Getting ready for bad weather. Lashing everything. Had a long yarn with the Old Man on the poop this afternoon. He was very decent, which quite surprised me. He said we got 27 new plates in and 17 new ribs put in after the collision. The docking expenses were over £1,400. Tomy is out of his time today. I wish I was! This passage is getting stale. Perhaps it is with looking forward to all the bad weather we have yet to get. Potatoes ran out today. So that is a pleasant look out, no more “spuds”. The 3rd mate has been chucked out of the mate's watch into ours, which makes another officer to boss us about.
	Friday, 29th				Chipping bulwarks and deadeyes. Had a nice little pow-wow with Joss Pym for breaking a chipping hammer.
	Saturday, 30th Lat 31° 43’ S Long 24° 41’ W				We haven't seen ths sun for the last three or four days. Worked till 5 p.m. Great excitement forid. Sighted a vessel on the horizon, and another came up and past us, but is not gaining on us so much now, as there is now a good breeze.
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