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It has been\nso long since I have had\nan opportunity of writing you\non account of bad weather\nand other things amongst\nthe number laziness that\nit being fine weather I\nthought it would be the best\nthing I could do would be\nto write to my Lizzie We have\nhad a good deal of bad\nweather lately since I wrote\nlast I left the place where\nwe anchored in company with\nthe South Seaman Capt Norton\nand the Siren [struck: Queen] Capt Philips\nand the same night at 10 Oclock\nI picked up a whale that stowed\ndown 90 bbls of Oil we then\nwent in to Ayan a Russian\nSettlement and cleared up\nand left for the Sandwich\nIslands on the 12th on the\n20th we came through the\n50 fifty passage as it is\ncalled on account of the\nparalel of 50 degrees of Latitu\npasses through its front the\ntime of leaving in till\nwe came through the passag\nthe weather was boisterous\nbut the last two days the\nweather has been quite\npleasant I should have\nwrote yesterday but I was\ntroubled with a sick eye\na rope swinging accross\nthe deck struck me in the\neye which made it painful\n[struck: but] to day it is better I\nexpect to have more bad\nweather soon so I must\nimprove the good weather\nand write my letters I think\nall the ships are out of the\nOchotsk sea by this time and\na goode many are at the Islands\nbut poor me was obliged to\nstay late so that I might\nget a little Oil. I ought\nto have 1600 bbls this season\nbut have got but 900 it is\nto bade isnt this must do till\nnext time","plain":"The captain recalled leaving anchorage with the South Seaman and Siren and recovering a whale that yielded 90 barrels of oil. After visiting Ayan, they sailed for the Sandwich Islands on October 12. He wrote to Lizzie as the weather improved, with an eye still sore from a swinging rope.","moments":[{"kind":"voice","title":"Keeper lamented an unprofitable season","quote":"poor me was obliged to stay late so that I might get a little Oil","interest":1},{"kind":"accident","title":"Keeper struck in eye by rope","quote":"a rope swinging accross the deck struck me in the eye which made it painful","interest":3,"topic":"accidents"}],"where":"at sea","catch":1,"plate":"life.keeper-d"}],"plates":{"chase.right":"After right whales","life.letters":"Letters from home","gam.spoke":"Spoke a ship","work.cutting":"Cutting in","life.keeper":"The log"}}