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On Board the Charlotte Jane
Sunday, December 8th, 1850

Afine morning. Wind from W.N.W. nearly right aft; the temperature on deck beginning to be pleasant. Full service in the cuddy. At noon Latitude 49.45 S., Longitude 149.49 E., 222 miles run. In the evening the wind came right aft with squalls. Mrs Hughes, one of the emigrants, appeared on deck covered with boils—many believe that she has the scurvy. Two or three cases of sickness forward. One man (Hill) in a decline. Fawcett with a bloody flux.