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1 Feb 1834. Provisions as follows:
| Rations of salt pork | 2,195 |
| Rations of ship's biscuit | 4,322 |
| Rations of porridge | 509 |
| Livestock (pigs) | none |
| Other food rations | 98 |
| Rations of rum or aquavit | 78 |
| Rations of lime juice | 483 |
| Firewood | 226 days |
After grievous losses to disease and misfortune we list our company at 17 as follows: Cpt Torvey, Cmdr Eddington, Mstr Dermot, Lt Harding, plus seamen Addams, Canby, Davies, Folkes, Grigg, Jakkelson, Jones, McAvoy, Quilter, Riordan, Smith, Wylie, plus Miss Torvey as civilian. Upon the Captain's request, to conserve our supply, we have increased the water content of grog from 3/4 to 7/8 parts.
--Signed, A. Canby, Ship's Purser
1 Mar 1834. We supplies willter
| Rations of salt pork | 4,999 |
| Rations of ship's biscuit | 5,0 |
| Rations of pork salt | 3,856 |
| Rations of salt pork | 2,865 |
| Rations of porridge | 431 |
| Livestock (pigs) | 431 |
| Other food rations | 4 |
| Rations of rum or aquavit | 1,673 |
| Firewood | 14 sticks |
The numbers of the company being impossible to list as there are always one or two more than can be counted.
--Signed, <illegible>
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