An item reported that at [Honolulu, Hawaii] on 1 May arrived the American whaler Hobomok master Calot which lost 2 weeks earlier in a white squall 40 degrees North 166 degrees West all her three topmasts and the head of the mizzen mast within a minute. She departed from Hong Kong on 24 February where 35 whalers tried to get their crews complete but at the same time were shore and ships harassed by the small pox. The disease broke out after some ships gone out to sea but forced to return, one ship tried even to leave without success two times. Her catch results in the winter time were 310 barrels sperm oil and hails 1,000 barrels sperm oil and 200 barrels whale oil.
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