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May 23rd 6 1/2 am. On board brig steamer, baggage & troops to word. Embarked Marquis Bute 10 1/2 am wind E.S.E. light and word rain, all confusion, making the words discover loss of keys -- sport the portmanteau ?, nothing to hand. Dash miserable. word. No sheets forthcoming -- sew up two old shirts -- case of pictures in imminent ? dan ger ?. First dinner word of a famine -- grease & dirt in abundance -- turned in at 12 pm -- to an atmosphere of

24th 25th -- lay at Cove no prospect of sailing

25th at 2 AM. weighed and stood ? out of harbour wind from the South East light with rain

26th rain bad wind no progress -- got a kennel built for Dash who had been lying under the long boat smothered by coils of rope

27th almost a calm -- shark word the ship -- unpacking of guns & rifles -- blazing at gulls & boobies -- black steward dignity hurt