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The Old Whaling Days

Sunday, 1st May

Sunday, 1st May.

Commences strong winds Boats returned saw nothing. Cleared Hawse Pardoned Frederick Hesser for stealing old duck the first offence this voyage Latter calm arrived ship Navy—Neal of Newburyport sent out 3 boats went over to the other side to confer with the other captains Relative to giving the chiefs such extra Presents they seemed to view the thing as I did one of them said by way of extenuation he had no pipes no tobacco in fact nothing but muskets but if he had not he could have got them at a trifling expense of us.