Was there really a barmaid onboard ship?

[mckha489]

I would be grateful for help to fill in the X's here please

Light wind and hazy
Received Fresh Beef 959 lbs and vegetables 479 1bs
4 xxx  Sent a boat to haul the line at Lorenzo Island. 
Entered from the North Star Miss B(oar?)child  x
barmaid (Mates) . Dis^d to d^o   [perhaps ‘Disembarked to ditto?] Miss Reece of xxxxx (Mid)
At 8 crossed top Gall (?) Yards
Employed preparing for sea. Opened Cask sugar no 10, 362 lbs
Noon moderate and fine. Embarked for passage to Valparaiso
Senor Don Rivero and one attendant, and xxx  xxxxxxx
Also Mr Hockley, (late xxxx of North Star) for a passage to England
per Satellite

[Michael J]

'Entered from the North Star Miss B(oar?)child  x barmaid'

Possibly is:

Entered from the N Star Mistrefs Boar child & caremaid.

Also, 'at 8 crossed top gallant yards'. (re top gallant sails)

Michael

[mckha489]

That seems reasonable.

Thank you for Gallant. Hadn't got around to looking that up.

[arthurk]

My suggestion:

Entered from the N Star Miss Boar child of
Barnard (Mates). Dis[embarke]d to do. Mess[age] recd of Mr Picket (Mid[shipman])

And lower down:

... Mrs Obousier (not sure of this - possibly not an English name)
Also Mr Hockley (late Mid[shipman] of North Star)

[mckha489]

My suggestion:

Entered from the N Star Miss Boar child of
Barnard (Mates). Dis[embarke]d to do. Mess[age] recd of Mr Picket (Mid[shipman])

But surely after Disembarked to ditto there should be a person's name, not a message?
 

[mckha489]

And lower down:

... Mrs Obousier (not sure of this - possibly not an English name)
Also Mr Hockley (late Mid[shipman] of North Star)

Yes, I think you're right here.

[arthurk]

My suggestion:

Entered from the N Star Miss Boar child of
Barnard (Mates). Dis[embarke]d to do. Mess[age] recd of Mr Picket (Mid[shipman])

But surely after Disembarked to ditto there should be a person's name, not a message?

I took it to mean that Miss Boar came on board to visit her father (Barnard), then went back to the North Star.

[Michael J]

I'm not sure the abbreviation is 'message' re Mr Picket. To my eye the word is identical to that before 'Boar' (comparison screenshot below).

Michael

[Michael J]

Sorry about the size of the screenshot, I thought I had reduced the size considerably.

Michael.

edit - size now reduced.