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Hi Sleepyowl.
I have moved on to the McCullock.
It's all yours now from the 21st Feb.

Enjoy.

Thank you.

Since Stuart has left this year to me, I'd like to reserve this year 1868.

It's yours!

As I approach the end of Dec 1868, here are some of the entries I found interesting/significant over the course of the year (including one death, which started out as a usual absent-without-leave, so was a bit shocked when the body was reported found.) :

0167 6 March 1868 neglect of duty while allowing man to eat cake while on duty
(found this funny)

0188 25 March 1868
1750h Saw several whales in the harbor

047 8 May 1868
1200h The annual Nagasaki Regatta took place. Ashuelot (being the Judges' Stand) was visited by a large number of people to witness the races. Our launch pulled by our sailors, and the USS Onwards' launch pulled by our firemen and coalheavers. We won a first prize and two second prizes.

049 10 May 1868
0800h Found that Alfred H Insey (Seaman) was absent from the ship without permission. Sent a description list of him to the US Marshal and offered a reward of Ten Dollars for his delivery on board.
050 11 May 1868
1850h Alfred H Insey still absent
051 12 May 1868
1845h Alfred H Insey (Seaman) absent without leave.
052 13 May 1868
1700h Alfred H Insey still absent
054 15 May 1868
1740h The body of Alfred H Insey (Seaman) was towed alongside having been floating near the "Onwards". It was taken on board and placed in a coffin ready for burial.
055 16 May 1868
0700h Took the body of Alfred H Insey on show for interment
065 26 May 1868
1315h Took the head and foot boards of Alfred H Insey (Sea, deceased) on shore to the cemetery and set them at his grave

0146 15 August 1868
0545h Dressed ship in flags, rainbow style, French flag at the fore, in honor of the anniversary of the birthday of Napoleon III. 1200h Fired a salute of 21 guns in honor of the day

0164 2 Sept 1868
1720h the PMS Ship Costa Rica arrived from Yokohama bringing the US Mails and J Ross Brown American Minister to China. Received a visit of courtesy from the Minister and Suite, saluted him with 17 guns with American flag at the fore

0165 3 Sep 1868
0800h Half masted the flag for the death of ex President Buchanan
1200h Fired 31 minute guns in honor of the late ex President of the U States James H Buchanan

040 31 October 1868
0800h Dressed ship, American flag at the fore, gaff and flagstaff and Portuguese Flag at the main truck, in honor of the birthday of the King of Portugal

052 11 Nov
1600h Sent Band on shore to play at the Theatre

054 13 Nov
1435h Received from USS Piscataqua the instruments belonging to her string band 1700h Sent Band to play at Theatre again (next day 0030 band returned to the ship)

057 16 Nov
1555h sent band again 1900h Band came on board

065 24 Nov
1200h Half masted the colors in respect to the memory of the late Mr Meadows, HBM Consul at Newchuang

080 9 Dec
English Mail Steamer "Kwangtung" arrived from Hong Kong bringing the news of the election of General Grant as President of the United States

February to December completed, that's it for 1868!

Moving on to Omaha now ...

I'll start working on the voyage!

The voyage for 1868 has been completed, with many many thanks to SleepyOwl. SleepyOwl made great use of the China Pilot, and we picked up 48 new places with this voyage. You can see a plot of the voyage here and, for more details, you can download the KML file and view it with Google Earth. There were several mentions of people, and they are found here.

These are the weather statistics for this voyage:

• 8757 records for DirT
• 8753 records for Kts
• 8760 records for Baro
• 8760 records for Attd
• 8760 records for Dry
• 8760 records for Wet
• 8641 records for Water
• 8756 records for Weather
• 7793 records for Clouds
• 8759 records for Clear

There were 86499 weather records for Ashuelot in 1868.
Ashuelot travelled a total of 5818 miles.

Yes not only China Pilot but all the others (Asiatic etc) are a great help.

And, Matteo's map finding tool.