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JOURNAL OF A CRUISE IN THE
UNITED STATES FRIGATE CONSTITUTION
Officers of the
"Constitution" on
leaving the U. States
for a cruise in the Names Rank
Name Rank J. Percival Captain L. M.
Mason Midshipman Amasa Paine 1st Lieut J. B.
Cook " W. C. Chaplin 2nd " D.
H. Lynch Actng " J. Alden 3rd " D. [sic] Stevens Captain's Clerk Jas W. Cooke 4th " R.
Simpson Boatswain John Dale 5th " Geo
Sirian Gunner Jos W. Curtis Lieut of Marines H. G. Thomas Carpenter D. C. McLeod Surgeon Isaac
Whitney Sailmaker G. W. Grant Sailing Master C. Woodland Master's Mate T. M. Taylor Purser
======================== E. Estabrooke Professor Mathics Officers who joined
us in *F. Stanly 6th Lieut M. Duval Asst Surgeon Isaac G.
Strain as Actg Master R. McSherry " " +R.
A. Knapp Passed Midn *A.
Collins Pursers Clerk C. Terrett Midshipman +A.
F. Warley " W. F. Davidson " J. E. Hopson " C. Comegys "
======================= Wm P. Buckner " *
Left in *R.
Patton
" + Left in G. B. Douglass " 26
Mar 1844: [At 27
Mar 1844: Received from 28
Mar 1844: Secured a spare jibboom across
stern; also stored spare booms, yards, flying jibbom, and topgallant masts. 29
Mar 1844: Got 1st cutter on
board. 30
Mar 1844: Received from the Navy Yard 2
quarter boats and 2nd cutter. 31
Mar 1844: [Nothing.] 1 Apr 1844:
[Nothing.] 2 Apr 1844:
Received from 3 Apr 1844:
At noon fired 13 minute guns in honor of the late COMO Kennedy with colors
and pendant at half mast. 4 Apr 1844:
[Nothing.] 5 Apr
1844: LT Frank Gillis reported as
passenger -- received from 6 Apr 1844:
[Nothing.] 7 Apr 1844:
Sent 22 men on 4 days liberty. 8 Apr 1844:
[Nothing.] 9 Apr 1844:
Began painting the ship inside. 10
Apr 1844: [Nothing.] 11
Apr 1844: At 3 PM shifted from the Navy
Yard to the naval anchorage off the 12
Apr 1844: Taking on powder. 13
Apr 1844: Completed loading powder, as
well as small arms ammunition, port fires, etc. 14
Apr 1844: 1000 Captain Percival read
ship's regulations to the crew -- Underway at 5 PM assisted by ENGINEER -- Anchored at
1830. 15
Apr 1844: 0600 Underway with ENGINEER --
0815 anchored. 16
Apr 1844: 0830 Underway -- 1150 ENGINEER
came with 7 seamen and 1 ordinary seaman from 17
Apr 1844: 0500 Underway and stood out to
sea --0800 Discharged the pilot. 18
Apr 1844: [Nothing.] 19
Apr 1844: [Nothing.] 20
Apr 1844: [Nothing.] 21
Apr 1844: [Nothing.] 22 Apr 1844:
[Nothing.] 23 Apr 1844:
[Nothing.] 24 Apr 1844:
"Fired a gun every half hour for a pilot" -- 0800 Pilot aboard
-- 0830 Anchored outside 25 Apr 1844:
[Nothing.] 26 Apr 1844:
[Nothing.] 27 Apr 1844:
1030 Underway. -- 1300 Fired a 13-gun salute; 9 returned by 28 Apr 1844:
[Nothing.] 29 Apr 1844:
Shipped Seaman John Swift. -- Received from 30 Apr 1844:
Received from 1 May
1844: "Hoisted the 2 May
1844: [Nothing.] 3 May
1844: Repairing 4 May
1844: [Nothing.] 5 May
1844: [Sunday] [Nothing.] 6 May
1844: [Nothing.] 7 May
1844: MIDN John E. Hart reported. 8 May
1844: [Nothing.] 9 May
1844: [Nothing.] 10 May 1844:
Received a new galley. -- Sent Ordy George Browning and Pvt Edwin Ely to
the hospital. 11 May 1844:
John Gunn deserted from the market boat. 12 May 1844:
[Nothing.] 13 May 1844:
Sent Seaman Kendall Huntingdon to the hospital. 14 May 1844:
Received from 15 May 1844:
[Nothing.] 16 May 1844:
Dingy hoisted in for repairs. 17 May 1844:
[Nothing.] 18 May 1844:
[Nothing.] 19 May 1844:
[Noting.] 20 May 1844:
MIDN M. P. Jones reported. 21 May 1844:
"At 9 AM exercised the crew at quarters." 22 May 1844:
[Nothing.] 23 May 1844:
[Nothing.] 24 May 1844:
Received 10 ordinary seamen from 25 May 1844:
[Nothing.] 26 May 1844:
1230 Minister Henry A. Wise visited the ship; fired a 17-gun salute and manned the yards. -- Acting MIDN J. M.
Maury reported. 27 May 1844: 28 May 1844:
Minister Wise and family came aboard "for good." 29 May 1844: 1130 Underway in tow of "a
Steamer." -- 2nd cutter mentioned. -- Exchanged 3 cheers with inbound USS COLUMBUS. --
1930 Cast off steamer; made sail "to the royals." -- Got the anchors "on the
bows." 30 May 1844:
[Nothing.] 31 May 1844:
10 kts [1 hr) 1 Jun
1844: [Nothing.] 2 Jun
1844: 1030 Divine service. -- 1100 Read
Articles of War and ship's regulations to crew. 3 Jun
1844: Exercised 1st
Division at quarters. 4 Jun
1844: Exercised the 2nd and
5th Divisions at quarters. 5 Jun
1844: [Nothing.] 6 Jun
1844: [Nothing.] 7 Jun
1844: 10 kts [1 hr.]. 8 Jun 1844: 10 kts [2 hrs.]. 9 Jun
1844: 13 kts [1 hr.] -- 12 kts [2
hrs.] -- 11 kts [5 hrs.] - 10 kts [3 hrs.] 10 Jun 1844:
Exercised 1st Division at quarters. 11 Jun 1844:
Exercised 2nd division at quarters. 12 Jun 1844:
Exercised 3rd Division at quarters. 13 Jun 1844:
0900 Exercised crew at general quarters. 14 Jun 1844:
[Nothing.] 15 Jun 1844:
Exercised 5th Division at quarters. 16 Jun 1844:
[Nothing.] 17 Jun 1844:
0730 Received pilot. -- 0730 American vice consul came aboard. -- 0830 Anchored
at 18 Jun 1844:
[Nothing.] 19 Jun 1844:
"Carpenters fitting in the patent air ports." 20 Jun 1844:
[Nothing.] 21 Jun 1844:
10 kts. [1 hr.] -- 0400 Spoke the American whalers ANABELLE, 23 days from
22 Jun 1844:
11 kts [10 hrs.] -- 10 kts. [9 hrs.] -- Exercised 5th
Division at quarters. 23 Jun 1844:
1100 Divine service. 24 Jun 1844:
1440 Anchored at Funchal, 25 Jun 1844:
Received 10 tuns of water. -- 2nd and 4th cutters
mentioned. -- Assisted HMS AMERICA out of harbor. 26 Jun 1844:
Received on board 40 tuns, 20 pipes of water 27 Jun 1844:
[Nothing.] 28 Jun 1844:
1100 Minister Wise visited "the Portuguese frigate;" received
17 guns. -- 1700 American brig 29 Jun 1844:
1520 Underway. 30 Jun 1844:
1030 Divine service. 1 Jul
1844: 0900 Exercised 1st
and 3rd Divisions at quarters. -- 1630 Anchored at Teneriffe. --
1840 Exchanged 17 gun
salutes with Spanish flag at fore. 2 Jul
1844: Water on board: 43,945 gals. 3 Jul
1844: 1100 A Spanish war brig arrived. 4 Jul 1844: 1200 Fired 21-gun salute in honor of day; answered by 21 guns from the Spanish fort and another 21 from the ship. --2000 Fired 6 rocket and 2 blue lights.
6 Jul
1844: 1530 Underway, BERCEAU 10
minutes later. 7 Jul
1844: 0930 Divine service. -- BERCEAU
astern, almost hull down. 8 Jul
1844: 0900 Exercised 2nd
and 3rd Divisions at the guns. 9 Jul
1844: 0900 Exercised 4th
Division at quarters and 1st Division small arms men. 10 Jul 1844:
0900 Exercised small arms men. 11 Jul 1844:
Exercised the crew at general quarters. 12 Jul 1844:
0900 E11 Jul 1844: Exercised the
crew at general quarters. 12 Jul 1844:
0900 Exercised 2nd and 4th Division small arms
men. 13 Jul 1844:
Exercised 5th Division. -- 1600 Spoke English ship LAPIN, 120
days from 14 Jul 1844:
1000 Divine service. 15 Jul 1844:
0700 Lowered 4th cutter to "try the… current." 16 Jul 1844:
0900 Exercised 4th Division at long guns. 17 Jul 1844:
0700 Found martingale had carried away; took aboard for repairs. 18 Jul 1844:
0900 Exercised at general quarters. 19 Jul 1844:
0900 exercised 2d Division at small arms and 3d
Division at great guns. 20 Jul 1844:
[Nothing.] 21 Jul 1844:
1000 Divine service. 22 Jul 1844:
1130 Seaman James Corbett fell overboard; lowered boat and picked him up.
23 Jul 1844:
[Nothing.] 24 Jul 1844:
0900 "his [sic] Majesty King Neptune boarded the ship, and
performed on the green horns the usual ceremonies, on their first crossing the line, such as shaving
& ducking & etc. and
left about 11 AM." 25 Jul 1844:
10 kts [1 hr.] -- 0900 Exercised crew at general quarters. 26 Jul 1844:
0900 Exercised 3rd and 4th Divisions at the guns
and 2nd Division small arms men. 27 Jul 1844:
0900 Exercised 3rd Division small arms men. -- 1430 Carried
away the flying jibboom and larboard iron brace of spritsail
yard; sprung the dolphin striker. 28 Jul 1844:
1000 Divine service. 29 Jul 1844:
10 kts [1 hr.] -- 0900 Exercised 1st Division at the guns;
drilled 4th Division small arms men. 30 Jul 1844:
10 kts [7 hrs.] -- 0900 Exercised 5th Division small arms
men. 31 Jul 1844:
[Nothing.] 1 Aug
1844: 13 kts [1 hr] -- 11 kts [1 hr] --
10 kts [1 hr] -- 0600 Spoke USS ERIE; visited by the CO, LT N. Duke and
"the Hon Mr. Pendeton [sic]." -- 0730 Cheered ship on their departure. 2 Aug
1844: 0800 18 miles from Sugar Loaf.
-- Exchanged numbers with USS RARITAN and USS CONGRESS -- 1430
Saluted COMO Daniel Turner (13 guns). -- 1510 Anchored at 3 Aug
1844: LT Gillis departed for CONGRESS;
LTs Gwin and Long for 4 Aug
1844: 1000 Divine service. 5 Aug
1844: Got on board the flying jibboom
and dolphin striker for repair. 6 Aug
1844: Sent 1 ton of powder to
CONGRESS. -- Unbent sails; sent down lower yards (except crossjack); landed
topsail yards in the tops; housed the topmasts; unrove all running rigging. 7 Aug
1844: Refitting lower yards and
blacking bends. -- Manned the yards for an expected visit by Prince of 8 Aug
1844: 1300 CO of Sardinian frigate
EURYDICE paid official call; 7 guns, followed by the French 9 Aug
1844: Swayed aloft and fidded
topmasts. 10 Aug 1844:
Sent up lower and topsail yards; setting up rigging. 11 Aug 1844:
0900 Sent 1st and 2nd cutters to assist an
American ship out of harbor. -- 1000 Divine service. 12 Aug 1844:
At daylight found USS BAINBRIDGE anchored astern, 45 days from 13 Aug 1844:
1500 USS CYANE arrived, 47 days
from 14 Aug 1844:
"Carpenters altering mz T.G.Mast." 15 Aug 1844:
0900 Sent 2nd cutter to assist towing American ship COURIER
out of harbor. 16 Aug 1844:
1000 Court martial on board of MIDN A. F. Warley. -- USS UNITED STATES
arrived in afternoon. 17 Aug 1844:
"…employed painting ship outside (of a lead color with red
streak)…" 1000 Court reconvened. -- 1200 Court adjourned. 18 Aug 1844:
Store ship PIONEER sailed at first light. -- 1000 Divine service. -- Sent 20 men on shore on liberty. 19 Aug 1844:
0630 1st and 2d cutters assisted USS CYANE get to
sea. 20 Aug 1844:
At first light, sent 2nd cutter to tow American brig out of
harbor. 21 Aug 1844:
[Nothing.] 22 Aug 1844:
[Nothing.] 23 Aug 1844:
0930 Flogged Joseph Sennett and
Joseph Yeager with 12 each for insolence to MIDN Upshur of CONGRESS. -- MIDN A.
F. Warley and PMIDN R. A, Knapp detached; ordered to USS UNITED STATES. 24 Aug 1844:
0530 25 Aug 1844:
1000 Divine service. -- "…a number of men returned from
liberty." 26 Aug 1844:
1300 Fired 21-gun salute for " 27 Aug 1844:
[Nothing.] 28 Aug 1844:
[Nothing.] 29 Aug 1844:
1700 USS CONGRESS arrived. 30 Aug 1844:
Sent Daniel Phillips to CONGRESS. -- Sent the two forward guns from the
gun deck to the berth deck. 31 Aug 1844:
[Nothing.] 1 Sep
1844: 0900 Divine service; read Articles
of War and ship's regulations to the crew; Acting Master G. W. Grant promoted Acting
Lieutenant. -- Passed Midshipman Isaac G. Strain reported, made Acting Master. 2 Sep
1844: Dutch war steamer MERAPE sailed. 3 Sep
1844: About 1600 French frigate
VIRGINIE arrived, 41 days from Rochefoucald. 4 Sep
1844: 1300 Fired 21-gun salute in
honor of Emperor's wedding anniversary. 5 Sep
1844: 1100 Exchanged 11-gun salutes
with departing VIRGINIE. 6 Sep
1844: 1130 Hoisted in the launch and 1st
cutter. 7 Sep
1844: 1300 Fired 21-gun salute commemorating Brazilian
independence. -- 1700 Fired 17-gun
salute at conclusion of Minister Wise's farewell visit
to ship. -- Hoisted in 2nd
cutter. 8 Sep
1844: 0530 Underway. -- 0630 "Lowered 4th
cutter to wait for dingy." -- 0720 took boats aboard. – 0830 Flogged several
men for drunkenness,
breaking liberty, etc. 9 Sep
1844: [Nothing.] 10 Sep 1844:
Exercised 2nd Division at great guns. 11 Sep 1844:
Exercised 3rd Division at quarters. 12 Sep 1844:
[Nothing.] 13 Sep 1844:
0400 "…a very large Meteor fell, lighting up the Ship like a Blue Light…"
-- Exercised 4th and 5th
Divisions at the guns; 2nd Division at small arms. 14 Sep 1844:
Exercised 5th Division at great guns; 3rd Division
at small arms. 15 Sep 1844:
0930 Divine service. 16 Sep 1844:
[Nothing.] 17 Sep 1844:
[Nothing.] 18 Sep 1844:
Exercised 3rd Division at great guns; 5th Division
at small arms. 19 Sep 1844:
0900 Exercised the crew at general quarters, and fired 3 broadsides at a
target, expending 84 shot, 84 cartridges
and 168 wads. 20 Sep 1844:
1000 Exercised the Marines firing at a target. 21 Sep 1844:
10 kts [4 hrs]. 22 Sep 1844:
10 kts [4 hrs]. -- 0940 Sighted 23 Sep 1844:
In afternoon, boarded English barque LORD ELDON, 63 days from 24 Sep 1844:
[Nothing.] 25 Sep 1844:
[Nothing.] 26 Sep 1844:
[Nothing.] 27 Sep 1844:
[Nothing.] 28 Sep 1844:
[Nothing.] 29 Sep 1844:
[Nothing.] 30 Sep 1844:
[Nothing.] 1 Oct
1844: 30 sick. -- 1300 Spoke SALLY
ANN, 85 days from New 2 Oct
1844: 32 sick. 3 Oct
1844: 32 sick. 4 Oct 1844:
34 sick. -- 10 kts [3 hrs]. -- 0015 Carried away crossjack yard. --
1400-1500 Discolored water
and change of water temperature indicated ship was on edge of
Lagullas [sic: Agulhas] Bank off 5 Oct
1844: 33 sick -- 1000 Got spare
foretopgallant yard out of chains to rig as crossjack. -- 1030
Acting LT G. W. Grant suspended from duty. -- Ship rolling heavily. -- 1300
Sent up replacement crossjack. 6 Oct
1844: 33 sick. 7 Oct
1844: 33 sick. -- A very heavy sea. 8 Oct
1844: 30 sick. -- A heavy sea; the
ship rolling very much. 9 Oct
1844: 26 sick. -- 0900 Exercised 3rd
Division at small arms. -- Sea falling. 10 Oct 1844
22 sick. -- 0800-1200 Exercised the afterguard and mizzen topmen in reefing and furling
the mainsail and mizzen topsail. -- The long and deep swell prevalent
around the 11 Oct 1844:
27 sick. -- 0700 Captain and Master went out in boat to test current. 12 Oct 1844:
25 sick. 13 Oct 1844:
29 sick. -- 1000 Divine service. 14 Oct 1844:
11 kts [1 hr]. -- 10 kts [1 hr]. -- 31 sick. 15 Oct 1844:
32 sick. -- 0800 Land sighted. --
About 1400 saw smoke thought to be a signal from people near
shore to those inland that a ship was near. -- 1700 Anchored off 16 Oct 1844:
34 sick, -- At daylight discovered brig anchored in bay. -- 0900 Sent Master with 3rd
and 4th cutters into bay to sound out a "good berth" for the ship. --
1100-1340 Shifted anchorages. Sent boat
to French brig to learn if wood and
water could be procured: affirmative. 17 Oct 1844:
32 sick. -- 0900 Sent Master with
launch and 1st cutter up river for water; got 1800 gallons and
some wood. 18 Oct 1844:
34 sick. -- 0900 again sent launch and 1st cutter for wood
and water; another 1800 gallons
and some wood. 19 Oct 1844:
1630 Hoisted in the boats.
"General Remarks"
"Soon after anchoring the natives came on board, but not in any
great numbers, the following morning they came off in greater
numbers, they were all eager for trade, and seemed to be very accute [sic] in
the art, too. The fresh meat we got
here, were Bullocks, sheep, and chickens.
The cattle on this island are like no other except that they have a hump
on their shoulders, like that of the Buffaloe [sic] in the
"Up the Onglake [sp?] or Dartmouth river we got our water about 4
miles from the ship, and 2 miles from its mouth, the wood was got on the banks
of the river near the watering place, the trees were small and scattered, the
only difficulty was the extreme shallowness of the water the boat frequently grounding on the shoals 21 Oct 1844:
36 sick. 22 Oct 1844:
38 sick. -- 0900 Exercised 2nd Division at guns; 5th
Division at small arms. 23 Oct 1844:
40 sick. 24 Oct 1844
38 sick. -- 0900 Exercised the crew at general quarters. 25 Oct 1844:
32 sick. -- 0500 Sighted land on larboard bow. -- Tacking every 15 minutes as the ship
worked in to the 26 Oct 1844:
34 sick. -- 0500 Began kedging closer to the harbor. -- 1330 Fired a 21- gun salute with the
Portuguese flag at the fore. 27 Oct 1844:
0530 Salute returned from ashore. -- Sent 3rd and 4th
cutters to town. -- 1000 Divine service.
-- 1400 Underway.
"General Remarks"
"The Ship lay about 6 miles from the town of Mozambique, which is a
mean looking place on an island of the same name, the island is very small
being entirely covered by the town and fort & the fort is very large and
substantial, and all it wants is cannon and ammunition to render it a
formidable place. The town is peopled
principally by negroes, with a few Portuguese Arabs half Breed &c. The whole under the supervision, both
military & civil of an old Brigadier General of the Portuguese Army. (Senor Don _________ Limas)
"The only animals we could procure were fowls which we got in great
abundance and very cheap: 50 to 75 cts a dozen [sic] for fully grown
fowls. The fruits were very old oranges
& cocoa nuts." 28 Oct 1844:
[Nothing.] 29 Oct 1844:
0730 Flogged Lott Green (a Black) with 12 lashes for stabbing Black seaman Thomas Pussey.
-- 0900 Exercised 2nd Division at guns; 3rd Division at small
arms. 30 Oct 1844:
26 Sick. -- 0900 Exercised 3rd Division at the guns. 31 Oct 1844:
24 sick. -- 0900 Exercised the crew at general quarters. -- 1936 Came to
on kedge anchor in 8
fathoms of water. 1 Nov
1844: 22 sick. -- 0500 Weighed anchor
and stood in for the anchorage off 2 Nov 1844: 20 sick. -- 1000 Fired 9-gun salute with white flag at the fore; returned.
3 Nov1844: 21 sick. 4 Nov
1844: 22 sick. -- 0800 Sent 1st
cutter for water. -- Returned a 4-gun salute fired in honor of ship's
visit. 5 Nov
1844: 0400 Underway.
"General Remarks
deduced from my own observations of "Majunga" on "
"'Majunga' is quite a large and scattered town, situated on the
Northern side of the Bay of Bembatooka, very near its entrance, it is sufficient
of Bembatooka Bay [?] it is quite a
large Bay opening to the Nwd and Wwd and extending inland some
18 or 20 miles toward the [?] points of land, and on these points are generally
large [?] of the [?] off which [?] of the bay is the largest of the houses, it
is quite as large as though scattered place, the houses of the natives are
built of a large sort of bamboo formed in stakes and driven in the ground, and
then closely interwoven with the leaf of the cocoanut [sic] tree, immediately
on the beach in front of where we land there are 3 or 4 houses built of mud and whitened with lime, from the ship
they present quite an imposing sight, but they are the literal version of the
proverb 'Distance [?] cleanliness to the view' for on near approach everything imposing
has left them, however they are very cool and comfortable; one has been living
here for about 4 years, as Agent for a
Firm in Salem Mass= in collecting hides to send to the U.S. he has collected as
many as 14,000 in two seasons; The hide trade is almost the only trade in this
part of the Island. The other mud houses
are owned by some Hindee merchants natives of [?] who are also
"The landing here was pretty good, on the beach, there being no
surf [sic], The [sic] bottom was
composed of deep mud for we got up our anchor with a great deal of
difficulty. From about 11h30
A.M. until 3 or 4 in the morning the sea
breeze (from the Nd & Wd) blowed [sic] quite
fresh. From 3 or 4 until about 8 there
is a light land breeze (fr the Sd & Ed), from 8 to
11h30 A.M. there are light variabe [sic] airs or else calm, during the nights
there was vivid lightning accompanied with a distant roar of thunder, it rained
only once during our stay here.
L. M. Mason" 6 Nov
1844: 22 sick. -- 1600 Sighted land. 7 Nov
1844: Saw Nos Beh Island at daylight
about 6 miles off. -- 0630 Fired gun for pilot. -- 0730
Anchored. -- 1130 Underway for southern end of island. -- 1500 Anchored off a
small French settlement. -- 1620-1640 Shifted to an anchorage more
convenient to the watering place. -- 1730 Hoisted out all boats. 8 Nov
1844: 0700 Sent launch and 1st
cutter for water under Actg Lieut.G. W. Grant.
0800 Fired 19-gun salute
with French flag at the fore; 20 guns returned. --
1530-1630 Shifted berth still closer to watering place. 9 Nov
1844: 24 sick. -- Painting ship. 10 Nov 1844:
25 sick. -- 1000 "called all hands to muster. The Captn read a portion of the articles of War,
and extracts from the Commissioners Rules, relating to the duty of
Lieutenants, Masters, & Captains he also read chap 52 in a Book entitled Rules
of the Navy Dept for the civil administration of the Navy of the 11 Nov 1844:
34 sick. --At 0800 a French corvette arrived and anchored off Frenchtown. Sent LT Cooke on board; she was FNS ZELA [?]. 12 Nov 1844:
Underway at daylight. -- 0755 Punished Pvt John Clarke with 12 lashes for sleeping
on post, Ordinary Seaman John Brown 3rd with 12 lashes for disorderly
conduct, Seaman Edward Britt with 12 lashes for the same, Ordinary
William Blackley [sic] with 12 lashes for drunkenness, and
Ordinary Seaman John Robinson with 12 lashes for smuggling liquor.
"General Remarks
deduced from my own observations on the Nos
Beh is quite a large
"The 'Chamelion' [sic] a little animal of the lizard [sic] kind so
famous for chaning it color to that of the object on which it rests is very
numerous on this island, in a short walk among the bushes at least a dozen
[sic] may be seen."
13 Nov 1844:
35 sick. 14 Nov 1844:
31 sick. 15 Nov 1844:
26 sick. 16 Nov 1844:
24 sick. 17 Nov 1844:
21 Sick. -- 1200 18 Nov 1844:
19 sick. -- 0500 Underway. -- 0840 Punished Edward Britt with 12 lashes of the colt
for attempting to strike Captain Percival. -- 1540 Town of 19 Nov 1844:
18 sick. -- 0730 Received as a present from the "Sultan" 2
cows, 7 goats, and some fruit. --
The First Lieutenant and some officers paid a ceremonial call on
that person. -- 21-gun salutes exchanged. -- 1300 Fired a 7-gun salute
to the 20 Nov 1844:
18 sick. -- 1730 Shifted berth
closer to 21 Nov 1844:
16 sick. -- Captain Percival and some officers paid a call on the
sultan. 22 Nov 1844:
14 sick. -- Captain Percival called on FNS BERCEAU, receiving 13 on departure, and on
the French steamer CROCODILE. 23 Nov 1844:
13 sick. -- Saluted Commodore Ben Hassan of the sultan's navy with 13 guns on his departure. 24 Nov 1844:
12 sick. -- 1000 Divine service. 25 Nov 1844:
12 sick. -- 0200-0330 Observed a total eclipse of the moon. -- Boarded the American barque
MOHAWK, 90 days from 26 Nov 1844:
13 sick. -- 0800 Seamen John White and William Jones 2nd
deserted from 1st
cutter. -- 1530 Fired a gun and hoisted a cornet for a pilot. -- 1545 Underway,
BERCEAU in company. -- 1740 Anchored with kedge. 27 Nov 1844:
14 sick. -- 0230 Seamen White and Jones brought aboard by some natives. -- 0540
Underway. -- 0800 Punished White and Jones with 12 lashes each.
"General Remarks on The
Island of 28 Nov 1844:
21 sick. -- 0840 Anchored with a kedge.
Captain Percival and some officers visited
Latham's Underway. 29 Nov 1844:
20 sick. 30 Nov 1844:
23 sick. 1 Dec
1844: 28 sick. -- 1000 Divine
service. 2 Dec
1844: 29 sick. -- 0800 Flogged Jno
White and Wm Jones with 12 each for desertion, and Jas
Collins with 12 for taking their clothes. 3 Dec
1844: 32 sick. 4 Dec
1844: 31 sick. -- 1430 5 Dec
1844: 32 sick. 6 Dec
1844: 29 sick. 7 Dec
1844: 33 sick. 8 Dec
1844: 31 sick. -- 1000 Divine service.
9 Dec 1840: 33 sick. 10 Dec 1844:
28 sick. 11 Dec 1844:
30 sick. 12 Dec 1844:
37 sick. -- 0900 Exercised the crew at general quarters. 13 Dec 1844:
33 sick. 14 Dec 1844:
33 sick. 15 Dec 1844:
39 sick. -- 1000 Divine service. 16 Dec 1844:
42 sick. 17 Dec 1844:
43 sick. 18 Dec 1844:
44 sick. 19 Dec 1844:
40 sick. 20 Dec 1844:
39 sick. -- 0700 Seaman John P. Wester died. [Note:
Although journal pages are dated through Monday, 23 December 1844, this
is the last entry. Midshipman Mason
himself died on 6 January 1845 and was buried at sea that afternoon off the
southwest coast of
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