August 3, 1834
Wind more favorable and a little stronger. The sky was cloudy, the weather pleasant. Early we saw close to one hundred dolphins. About eight o’clock we made four knots, later six. The wind had turned somewhat against us and now blew very briskly. The studding-sails were taken down. At noon we made ten knots. Latitude [——], longitude [——]. A Struntmöve with two elongated tail feathers ([——]) and black plumage flew around us. In the afternoon [the wind] began to blow strongly, [and] the upper sails were taken down. About four o’clock there was a ship ahead of us; we steered toward it and it toward us. Twenty minutes later it lay beside us. It was the brig Helen Douglas, coming from Hamburg. It had its latitude written on a slate. We did also, with chalk on the side of [our] ship. [The Helen Douglas] flew the English flag. A beautiful sight—the handsome ship dancing in the strong wind. [At] noon, latitude 48°21′, longitude 23°18′. At five thirty another brig came toward us; it came across us before the wind. [It] was from Waterford, Ireland, bound for Halifax. It danced high on the waves [and] had many emigrants on board. In the evening, very much rain, mist, and wind; we made eight knots. The wind today [was from the] north and south.