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“Not much sleep for the wicked. Joey woke me up at 4. The 3rd mate having just been in & planted a campstool on his chest. This he at first laid at my door but the mate was in again soon & Joey was at last obliged to resort to some boots to protect himself. […]
“Up at 7. Not much wind today. Today Arthur & I have been helping the men paint the windlass. Passed 3 homebound ships but could not signal them. Some songs in the evening & to bed at 11.30” Extract from A.Whelen’s travel journal aboard the Hesperides sailing from England to Australia in 1878
“Up at 7 for a bath. Another calm today for a change. Joey has been doing some washing this morning again. Little Dux is laid up with the yellow jaundice which is anything but nice. She has to lay in bed a good bit & as it is rather sultry in as well as outside […]
“Up at 7.30 & find the weather still very fine but the wind has dropped very considerably. Our companion is still with us as she has been for the last 7 days & it is a pity we do not know her name. She has been gaining on us all day being lighter but if […]
“Up at 7.30. Another fine day with good breeze. Did from 8 to 10 knots all day. Had another bed making day which must last for some time now as it is too hot a job to be done often. I find that last voyage when they had coolies on board, that our house was […]
“Up at 7 & did nothing but read & play cards all day. An average of 8 knots all day today. Had some songs in the evening & to bed at 11. This afternoon we were less than 300 miles off the Brazilian coast & saw a few land birds which are sometimes seen at […]
“Out at 7.30 & had a bath. Doing about 7 knots all day. The heat is now so intense that it is impossible to do anything so that the news are therefore very scanty. In the evening had some gymnastics & to bed early.” Extract from A.Whelen’s journal aboard the Hesperides sailing from England to […]
“Fishing all the morning for Joey. Salt junk for dinner; the cook says eating this is very much like kissing one’s sister, very tame work & not much flavour. Today they had the donkey-engine alight to make some fresh water, as that which was remaining was very rusty. One poor fellow last voyage came out […]
“Up at 5.30 for a cold bath; after which Arthur & I took a hand at the pumps while the men washed down the poop. To-day we all miss the familiar cry of “Please to remember the 5th of November”. I think the nearest approach to a guy* (* Effigy of Guy Fawkes ) we […]
“Quitted our cockerwalks at 7 & had a bath before breakfast. Another fine & hot day with a little breeze & we now hope to make some headway as it is now the last of a 9-day calm. One day we did 13 miles, another 17 & another 25 which is really wretched work. Cards […]
