"Bark Roman
February10th 1871
FRIDAY 10th
IT IS QUIT ROUGH TODAY. BUT IS a FAIR WIND. WE HAVE 135 BARRELS OF OIL, 60 OF HUMPBACK. AND 75 OF SPERM. WE HAD TOO BIRDS. THERE IS ONE NOW, ONE DIED. THERE NAMES WERE DICK AND LULU. DICK DIED. LULU IS GOING TO. PRESCOTT HAS A LITTLE DOG. ITS NAME IS TONY. WE HAVE NOT SEEN A SHIP SINCE WE LEFT Honolulu. PRESCOTT IS PLAYING WITH PAPA. I AM IN The forth REDER, and the fith RIGHTING book.GOOD BY for to day."