| Tuesday, 26th | Went ashore with Captain for 200 lbs of paint. The 3rd mate and myself had to carry it down ourselves. | ||
| Wednesday, 27th | Chipping lower hold, working from darkness to darkness. | ||
| Thursday, 28th | Chipping lower hold all day, and nearly got it finished. Pulled off to S.S.[- ? -] but nearly all the fruit was gone. | ||
| Friday, 29th | General clearing up of hold. Puting and painting stringers, sweeping hold clean, and any amount of little odd jobs. Charlie got paid off today. | ||
| Saturday, 30th | Been in after cabins all day, knocking off at 3 oclook and got all my clothes washed before tea. Also washed all over. Some of the men went on liberty tonight. | ||
| Sunday, 31st | All the men were on liberty today and everyone came aboard dead drunk. ‘Sails’ and ‘Mac’ did not get aboard. They got put into “Calabush” by Vigalanti (police). Mac has done a bunk. Had a pleasant time in the boat. | ||
| JUNE 1896 | |||
| Monday, 1st | Been in the boat all day. ‘Sails’ got aboard dead drunk, but ‘Mac’ never came back. Painting hold. | ||
| Tuesday 2nd | Taring down today. Fellows off ‘Fort George’ aboard tonight. | ||
| Wednesday, 3rd | Finished “Taring down” and tared the cable and put it all below except 70 fathoms. ‘King George’ finished and sailed tonight. Terribly hot. | ||
| Thursday, 4th | All hands have been painting up aloft and nearly finished. Tonight I went aboard ‘Fort George’. | ||
| Friday, 5th | Finished upaloft. Cleaning poop. I've been in boat all day. | ||
| Saturday, 6th | Sand and canvased everything especially poop for “Bethel”, I have been in boat all day. | ||
| Sunday, 7th | This morning we had Bethel, and then four of us went ashore on liberty. I pulled the mate and second mate on board the British man-of-war ‘Wild Swan’ and got shown all over her. Then we went aboard the ‘Scottish Minstrel’. | ||
| Monday, 8th | Been ashore all day with the boat, waiting for the Old Man. The rest are chipping fore peak and cleaning Fo'c'sle, Went aboard ‘Fort George’. | ||
| Tuesday, 9th | In boat all day. Head Gunner and another blue jacket from the ‘Wild Swan’ came aboard tonight and we had some fine games in Half deck. | ||
| Wednesday, 10th | Had an easy day of it, lying in the boat waiting for Old Man. Parseling beams and stansions ready for nitre. Not chartered yet. | ||
| Thursday, 11th | Ashore in boat all day. Went off to two coast steamers, but were too late for the fruit. Four men-of-war sailors and ‘Scottish Minstrel’ fellows on board tonight. | ||
| Friday, 12th | In boat all day. No orders yet. | ||
| Saturday, 13th | A general clearing up of decks and paintwork. Got orders today to “Proceed to Junin for nitre”. | ||
| Sunday, 14th | Went ashore with Scottie, and each had 5 dollars. Went and saw a Fandango in Ci San Martin. | ||
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