Tuesday On awaking this morning found the ship labouring very much the [?] boxes &ea in the Cabin rolling about and on enquiry was told that we were on the Atlantic Ocean, at breakfast it blew very fresh and by dinner time increased to a Gale, the dinner dishes were rocking about the table and some things broken, the wind blew so strong & the sea now so high that we with difficulty could sit at table, stools rolling about the Cabin. Towards the evening the Gale decreased but the ship rolled very much on acct. of having swell will S. S. W. going with close reefed top sails Gib & [?] sail.