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258 Friday April 21t,- Pleasant morning- fair wind and all sail set a fine breeze from North, North East- at 12 M we are in Lat 10-24- North- Long 87-53. West- or 664. miles from Panama- and 796. miles to Acapulco.- This Pm a fire broke out on board,- but few 'however' knew anything about it- it being so pleasant at the time most all were on Deck- it broke out between Decks, and just under the Cooks gally.- /and took no doubt from his cooking apparatus, as he is obliged to keep a large fire all the time cooking, so many passengers on board,/ - it was some time before they could get at the fire- to advantage.- got the force pump at work, and after a long while put it out-- as they thought- after having burnt through the Deck.- it broke out again in the course of an hour, or two- and they were obliged to set the Fire Engine at work- and finally- put it out.- through the whole of it- there was but very few on board, that knew a word about the fire- it was kept as quiet as possible for fear "no doubt," that were it generally known on board, at the time- the passengers would have been so alarmed- it would have been an impossibility to have kept order on board.- /to say nothing about the chance of puting the fire out at such a time,/-