Francis MacDonald Journal * Facsimile and Transcription
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        Saturday 28th Yesterday afternoon
        Another gale came on from the
        northeast. It blew most terrific-
        cally. You may know have an
5      idea of the gale when I tell you
        that it drove us along, at the rate
        of nine knots an hour, under close
        reefed topsails, wh[ic]h is the
        smallest sail that can be
10    put on the ship. {I}t is next to
        running under bare poles.120
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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