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The ship passed five easterly bound ships.
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This day baffling winds from the west which continued all day, past five ships bound east. Bar.29.70. Lat. 47.30. Long.33.32. Made 195 miles.
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Paul Lyman Commentary
The
Thornton
was sailing in an established sea lane, so seeing other ships would have been normal. However, the monotony of a month-long sea voyage appeared to have been broken by seeing five other ships in a day.
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