Saint Johns & Battle Harbor Saturday Aug. 2 - '13 The good weather holds - today we sighted a whale and many porpoises - good company, 'tis said and sure of finding it but I doubt. All hatterucks were all headed south today; perhaps it is getting cold further north. This morning another beautiful mirage appeared. One in very floated well above the horizon, its true self lying below us & right over our mast acting up drill and terribly got supper. Without any exercise we soon get out of breath, eyes twisted his able slightly. Aurora tonight. Aton of twinkling stars cloud well above northern horizon! Sunday Aug. 31 '13. Battle Harbor. We arrived at 5:20 am. All I in world came down glad to turn it over on our coves stowed in the big were hawse - it was surely a fine old as the kind of the sharp - but the mission station seemed to forbid it by its very presence and we decided it might be better to wait until the time were so precious. In the afternoon after 2 tanks & I went up on the hill and took a bath in one of the cold fresh water ponds among the reeds. On the evening we went up to Dr. Webfield's house & satd hymns