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James Adam diary: 1857-1863 (Ms. Codex 1948)
p. 236
on bd. ship "Ivanhoe"
in sight this mg. very beautiful cool & pleasant Sun warm. Therm. in the Cuddy 72°.
Friday May 5th. 1859
Sunny the last week. We have been gatting on our voyage fav- ourably. we have passed Mad- agascar & are now well across the Mozambique Channel. for the last 2 or 3 days we have ran upwards of 200 miles a day. A (Yankee ship "Panther" passed us the day before yesterday (two days in sight) going nearly 1 knot more than us. said she was 35 days from Calcutta we have been 43. bitten by a rat the other night in the hand. got the Carpenter to close up a hole at the head of my bunk. Weather Cool & pleasant. Therm 70° Mother Careys & Albatross & Mollyhawk[Mollymawk]