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His punishment was much severer than mine, and this circumstance gave great dissatisfaction to his topmates and others of the unthinking crew, which, with several other considerations, leads me to suppose that I owe my loss partly to the difficulty before mentioned. Shortly before it’s departure, an injury had been inflicted upon me by one of the Foretopmen, which was resented on my part, and finally caused us both to be punished for disorderly conduct. These characters frequently threatened to throw the book overboard, notwithstanding which I did not seek a secure & more secret place than the Mainmast whereat to hide it at nights _ thus my own carlessness hath lost it. The Captain’s steward now kindly undertook to take care of it for me, but, observing the gradual accumulation of grease and pismires without & within the volume, I took it under my own care, & managed to preserve it by various shifts untill near the middle of June when the sailmaker’s mate made a canvas bag to fit it, and from that time I always kept it hung abaft the Mainmast on the Main Deck.Ī spirit of hostility arose against the book among several of the less enlightened of the crew, who immagined, or pretended to believe, that it was a record of their evil doings. Blackford’s room where it remained to his inconvenience untill (if I remember aright) the ship reached Hong-Kong, when it was finally expelled the sailmaker’s dominions. Near the end of last year, I bought it of one of the crew at the price of 3 dollars, &, on the 1rst of Jan., commenced to use it for the purpose which it’s name (B.J.) indicates.ĭuring the first few weeks of it’s service as a journal, Mr.

It’s great bulk attracted notice, and procured it the name which heads this remark. It contained nearly 400 pages, of which, about 99 were filled with remarks. SIZE _ The late journal was a Ledger & I think it’s size was not less than 18 inches long by 12 wide. Morrison’s journal _ that gentleman permiting. When the pages of this appropriated space are properly ruled off, I will gradually fill them by copying from Mr. I have left space in the forepart of this book to be filled by a ‘ List of Officers & Crew’, and an abstract ‘ Journal of the Cruize’ ( from it’s commencement & untill Aug. _ Untill the end of the present year, I’ll pursue the same method of keeping my journal as was followed in the lost volume. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF MY PRIVATE JOURNAL UPON A METHOD ADOPTED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE PRESENT YEAR, AND PERSEVERED IN UNTILL AUGUST 21, WHEN THE BOOK CONTAINING MY ACCUMULATED REMARKS WAS SECRETLY DESTROYED. Van Buskirk’s Private Journal & Remark Book.