Weather- Cloudy and unpleasant
Wind- Directly ahead blowing a Gale
Oweing to a violent head wind, the Officers have been obliged to heave the Ship to in which position we now lie under close Reefed Main Topsail, fore Topsail, and fore Topmast StaySail. The Sea is very rough, causing quite a “heaving” time among many of the Association, who were just recovering from their first Sea Sickness, but now Suffering Second attact.
At 10 A M the wellcome cry Sail’O, ran through the Ship. Were away (the Captain inquired) two points off the weather Bow was the reply 10 miles distant. She proved to be a Brig bound South. I long for an Opportunity to Send a Letter home and hope we Shall be able to Speak a Vessel bound that way Soon. this makes the third or forth Craft that we have Seen Since we Sailed, the others I neglected to mention in their proper places.