tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16218624.post6707769191186168102..comments2023-11-03T05:27:32.648-04:00Comments on Xibalba: xibalbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00224952131898257723noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16218624.post-91726342229743553322019-09-19T14:16:13.462-04:002019-09-19T14:16:13.462-04:00Do you have any video of that? I'd care to fin...Do you have any video of that? I'd care to find out more details.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16218624.post-52625383753612925772018-08-23T16:45:29.176-04:002018-08-23T16:45:29.176-04:00Write more, thats all I have to say. Literally, it...Write more, thats all I have to say. Literally, it seems as though <br />you relied on the video to make your point. You clearly know what youre talking about, why waste your intelligence on just posting videos to your blog when you could be giving <br />us something informative to read?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16218624.post-65008675904987771002018-08-01T14:55:08.198-04:002018-08-01T14:55:08.198-04:00Have you ever considered writing an e-book
or gue...Have you ever considered writing an e-book <br />or guest authoring on other websites? I have a blog based upon on the same information you discuss and would really like to have <br />you share some stories/information. I know my audience would value your work.<br />If you're even remotely interested, feel free to shoot me an e-mail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16218624.post-14480228373300699342018-07-27T04:45:32.113-04:002018-07-27T04:45:32.113-04:00Right here is the right blog for everyone who want...Right here is the right blog for everyone who wants to understand <br />this topic. You realize so much its almost tough to argue with you <br />(not that I really will need to…HaHa). You certainly put a brand new spin on a subject which has been written about <br />for ages. Great stuff, just excellent!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16218624.post-49487304026507890682009-09-14T08:38:49.986-04:002009-09-14T08:38:49.986-04:00Cyriax's own notes are, as it happens, include...Cyriax's own notes are, as it happens, included in the archival box that contains the original papers -- they don't add much. I have a version of the entire papers that I've been working on, but it's not what I would consider complete, and I can't put it online without the permission of the Maritime Museum. If it's of any interest, the only additional lines of any relevance that I have found which are not in Cyriax's article are these: "brekfest to be short rations" and "whose coffee is this." I also managed a bit more of the "Grave at Comfort Cove" poem, but only a few coherent phrases, such as "Thy rigid hands" and "to where Best frends lator are." These lines are probably not about a Franklin burial, but one on Ascension Island, where the cemetery at "Comfortless Cove" was once known as "Comfort Cove." There are so many damaged and illegible words that I'm convinced that better imagery is needed before it would be wise to publish a version that's still full of blank spaces ...Russell Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16218624.post-73461577894431955582009-09-13T13:50:12.460-04:002009-09-13T13:50:12.460-04:00Thank you for your comments. It is indeed a pity t...Thank you for your comments. It is indeed a pity that little more can be gleaned out of the documents without the use of more advanced technology. I rather like the idea of advanced digital processing. I still think, however, that given that Cyriax and Jones explicitly mention in their article that they did not quote all that they got from the papers, ussually because it would be of little interest, or so they think, that their full notes of what they were able to glean should be published.xibalbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00224952131898257723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16218624.post-51587355266990995762009-09-12T11:07:09.249-04:002009-09-12T11:07:09.249-04:00Hello Pierre, and many thanks for alerting me to t...Hello Pierre, and many thanks for alerting me to this blog posting. Yes, the article by Cyriax and Jones is, for the time being, the last word on the "Peglar" papers. I have worked with the original papers for many hours over a period of many days at the Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum, but must report that, in their present condition at least, there is not much more to be gathered from them than the passages given by Cyriax all those years ago. It might be possible to obtain a better transcription by photographing them under different kinds of light (UV light, which makes certain elements of old fashioned inks iridescent, would be a good one to try) or by making super-high-res images and doing some digital processing, is probably needed to get much more. What we have here, in the end, is probably a series of shipboard reminiscences, mostly composed long before the abandonment, many having to do with tropical climes that Peglar and or his mates must have very much missed. Some were apparently meant to be sent to friends at home, but it does not appear that the person carrying them -- most probably William Armitage, a gun-room steward who'd sailed with Peglar a few times before -- had added much in the way of his own words on the later state of the crews. Even the passage "21st night a gread" comes in the midst of reminiscences about some other matter.Russell Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.com