Francis MacDonald Journal * Facsimile and Transcription
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Tuesday 10th No doubt my beloved but you will wonder why a lapse of nine days has taken place in my journal. It is but natural for you to think 5 so, eh Lassie but they have been terrible days to me. Sunday was a beautiful day. In the evening Capt[ain] Crowe read the 107 Psalm, I read the 108th, Mr. Cunningham the 109th 10 [and] Mr. Sharpley the 110th.72 Then the Capt[ain] read a sermon. We went to bed and on Monday morning found the sea running very high [and] a storm likely to come on{.} 15 {D}uring the day almost all the sails were taken down the sea still rising higher. At Midnight the ship was hove to under close reefed 20 it blowing a tremendous gale [and] the sea running “mountains high.”74 I did not go to bed, but stayed up all night. On Tuesday [End of Page 44]
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