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down to the toll gate, next morning and had to wait until 12 O'clock before we could get a team. Got out of the pickets at 3:00 a.a. the wind Vest. Qot to the mouth of the river at daylight and the wind died away, lay there about 2 hours and the wind breezed up from the HE, got to Pearlington at 1:00 a.m. put out some freight, and the wind died away again and we lay there until
next day about	1:00 O'clock a.m.	The wind	South we got to	Logtown
about 3:00 a.m. It being Sunday	all hands	went home.
Commenced loading Monday morning filled the hold and put
to the railing, next day finished loading and beat down to Pearlington
and came to anchor, lay there until next morning, when we started
to the city, the wind Bast, very light all day. Got to the pickets
at 10:00 a.m., reefed the main sail when we got up next morning
took a team, got uptown at 12:00 O'clock, took off part of the
deck load, next day unloaded and hauled down to the toll gate. Got
there too late	to get a team, so	we had to	lay there until	morning,
took a team in	the morning and towed down,	got to the pickets
and the wind NW cordeled down to the mouth, and made sails.
Came out at 10:00 O'clock A.M. got to the Rigolets and the wind


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