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276 Sunday April 30h.- Pleasant, quite cool again this morning- fresh breeze from the North West, ahead,- had services on board again this Am text was.- Simon Peter- lovest thou me?- I found it so windy on Deck couldnot hear all the discourse- at 12 M- we are in Lat 25-53 North- Long 113-33-West distance the last 24 hours 196 miles, a strong head wind most of the time- so we have not made so good a run the last 24 hours- Monday May 1t,- A strong head wind, with a heavy sea on since yesterday Am- run yards down last night to keep Boat still as possible- squalls of rain- and heavy wind too today- at 12 M- in Lat 28-07-North- Long 115-36-West- distance run the last 24 hours, 175 miles- and 700 miles to San-Francisco- so rough- but few of the passengers at the tables today.- A Child belonging to one of the soldiers families, /in the Steerage,/ died today and was buried just before dark- it was about a year old.- had services read over the corpse- and a prayer by the Minister we have on board- and it was then launched into the sea, without even stoping the steamer- from