[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 12 Still foggy. I went onto the Mountain with the capt. A light Breeze came up. We went to the ship. Sailed out of the harbor. A dead Calm & fog came on & tide carried us back into the Harbor again.
I Had Conversation with Capt Bieford who gets his living by whaleing in this bay. He has Caught 3 this season. He is the ownly person carrying on the whaleing business in this country.
[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
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