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“Up at 8 after a good night & the sea is now fine & quiet but at 1pm more wind and rain came on. As it is likely to prove a soaker for the rest of the day I will endeavour to give you a few particulars concerning the ship… The Hesperides Sailing Ship – […]
“Got up, after a very bad nights rest at 8. Did not get to sleep till 3.30am. Just above my head one of the boats is a little loose and keeps thumping like thunder about a foot above my head. We shall be very pleased when we get into the trade winds, as it is […]
“Although the sea is still very high the ladies have all managed to crawl out for a short time having had a fair night; not quite so much rolling. This morning Arthur managed to fall into the scuppers & was obliged to change everything, as at that moment we had shipped a sea. In the […]
“Last night was awful. We kept shipping large waves right over our house & the water made its way in somehow & all our provisions pails & co. were once more left to the freaks of the ocean, or, as the poet says, on the loose. Arthur had to turn out 3 times during the […]
“Another very quiet night and this morning we look and feel very much like boiled owls and my bones are I believe all broken. Went onto the poop today and must say it was a very grand sight although at the time I felt too queer to appreciate it. The waves came on and on […]
“Another horrible night having been tossed up and down all the time. My inside seems as if it ought to be outside. The sea is again fearfully rough and it is difficult to write or to stand. Up at short intervals all day and had a little boiled mutton for dinner at 12.15 & which […]
“Had a fearful nights rest & the sea is running very high. During the night we woke up by hearing our pails basins & boxes floating up and down our cabin at each lurch; but we fared well to what the ladies did, for on going aft to see them we found that the whole […]
“Up at 8 after 13 hours sleep & feel all the worse for it. Had salt junk for breakfast & fancy it will be a job to keep it down all day. Arthur bought some tobacco today (blk jack 3/- lb Virginia 3/6 lb) & amused himself puffing it up whilst I was at my […]
“Up at 7.30 after a fearful night’s rest & feel very seedy about the head. Fine morning & doing about 5 knots an hour only in the wrong direction. Arthur amused himself by turning his box out whilst I went through my stamps. Dinner 12.30 Salt Junk Biscuits Cheese Pickles & plum pudding. Fine breeze […]
“Up at 6 to see the sun-rise, splendid morning but a nasty long swell on. Stew for breakfast which was A1. Arthur tried his hand at fishing as we saw thousands of fish around us but he did not catch a single one. Today we are all feeling much better after our late sickness & […]
