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He soon gave it up, in fact; but the few entries he made are exceedingly quaint and simple, as for example: "friday ye forst of jenauary, 1773 this Day no work don went to Church.... satorday ye 2 this day taking in goods for ye voige good weathor. thorsday ye 7 this was a varey good Day and had almost all completed.
The nineteenth, we proceeded thence on our voige, and the same day, to the great griefe of vs all died the Pilot of our Admirall. The third of Aprill, we descried the land of Capo de buona esperanza. The eighth, wee doubled the same Cape, thence shaping our course for the Island of Saint Helena, where the twenty sixt we happily arriued, and departed from thence vpon the fourth of Maie.
Ordway who is but little wose and not very ill tho more so than any of the others. the men have provided themselves very amply with mockersons and leather cloathing, much more so indeed than they ever have since they have been on this voige.
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