ot for a Broad side 4,
13 inch 4, 8 inch 2, 6 inch and about 12, 6 Pounders on either side.

Of corse this is Sunday and we all ought to be good. But we will be as
good as we can By having a Gen feild day and clean up a little, as this
is the first chance we have had to do any scrubing since we left San
Francisco, Cal. I think we will meet the Marietta in the Straights of
Magellan. we have found some grate Bars for her under the coal dust. We
all think Capt Clark is going to be a ring tail snorter for fighting. I
dont think it will be easy to whip him, he seems to be so quick to
catch on to every little thing, he is all over the ship at once and he
talks to every body, stops any one to ask them any thing he wants to
know about the ship. he is very quick to take the advantage of every
little thing.

_April_ 11. Very heavy wether. Wind Blowing Great Guns and a head sea.
But we are Bucking it and making 11.6 knots. the Capt dont think we
will run up against any thing in the shape of a Torpedo Boat in the
Straights. We had some more Practis today with the 6 Pounders and did
some good work. I think we could make it very interesting for a Torpedo
Boat. I dont see how they could get at us, unless it was in the night
and then there would have to be somthing the matter with our search
lights and all hands on Board would have to have the "Buck Feaver."

_April_ 12. We lost a little today on account of the forward 13 inch
Turet, somthing got Jamed. all going well once more, and still bucking
a head sea and making 11.7 knots right along. 4 P.M. Heavy wind has
turned into a gale, but she is like a Duck on a Mill Pond and still
making 10 knots, Gale or no Gale. she has not roled over 10 degrees
since we left Port Orchard, Wash.

_April_ 15. Whooping her up for all she is worth, want to make all she
can. Wether is fine but quite Cold. Making all the way from 14 to 15
knots.

_April_ 16. Everything is still doing well, and still going a mill
tail. Passed Smiths Straights the first part of this morning, early,
and in the fog that has Just come on we are still going it. the fog
raised for a while and showed us the Destination Island, and then we
wer shure we had only 30 miles to go to get in the Straights. Just at
Dark we droped our mud hook in just 45 fathoms of water in the entrence
of the Straights of Magellan. 9.45 P.M. had the 8 to 12 watch and She
more than blew. I thought the ship would drift. But she held on like
grim Deth