Travel Diaries and Journals

on board

at Wilsons got some bac[c]y 3 rupees pound left a [struck through: late] 100 rupee note at Scott Thomsons with a note to Ferris to deduct what I had bought & 15 rupees got us this mg. from it & send a bill on to Kedgeree. Got a Gharrie at the house & went off on board the "Ivanhoe". C Philip with me breaking down ev[e]ry 5 minutes Philips left at Baboo Ghaut Got on board about nine get my Cabin & had traps put in met the other passengers at breakfast. Payne Ms. Payne Mrs. Richardson Mrs. Willis & 4 children Mr. Peterson pilot Mr. Jones. Leadsman Lane got under weigh about 10 slow work tides not suiting[?] very strong floods

on bd. Ship Ivanhoe

topsail yard last evening sent it down this mg. Close reefed it last night getting a new one ready. it is blowing hard. we are under 2 reefed topsail & main trysail

Friday May 13th. 1859.

Wet miserable Cold day Could not sleep for toothache greater part of last night bitter cold. sent a new topsail yard aloft yesterday. Time passes very dully. Smoke Cheroots read or play Ecarte or Catch 10 in the evg. Tiff with Mrs R. & Capt. last evg. Mrs. W[?] rushed from Cabin hair streaming never seen such meaness Mr W. would pay dearly[?] Payne[?] also spoke of badness of feeding[?] went to my Cabin did not interfere A Schooner in sight this mg. making short tacks

Ascention

the boat. we caught about 2 dozen sick Cod Skip Jack & red fish. two were caught by hand by one of the sailors & Ben caught a very lazy eel which was exchanged to Capt McDowl for two Cod. pulled to the ship about 9. lost the rudder & steered with a dagg[e]er went on shore after breakfast with Mrs. R. Payne Mrs. P. Mrs. W. had a little difficulty in landing. Mrs. R. dropped her purse in the surf & lost it Coy [contained] £5 some shillings. we to the store Capt. Elliot opman's[?] asked us to his house. Walked at 12 ocl to the burial ground, Chapel & turtle pond. very hot but Sun not dealy Mrs. R. caught a parrot. I went down & got a Hip Ascention Sand. great heat off the Sand burnt my hip pitching it into the boat went to

==Channel. on bd. ship "Ivanhoe''==

rounding the N. Foreland. blowing stiff. steamer a long way astern. Can see the feilds shorn on shore. Shorthening sail now & hauling on the wind. Anchored in Margate Roads about 6. a boat sailing party passed under the Stern. Mrs. R. Mrs. W. the Capt. I & the children all sitting talking with the town of Margate in sight turned in between 9 & 10

Tuesday August 2nd. 1859.

Got under weigh about 7 this Mg. Woke by the men singing up the Anchor more cheerily than usual. Steamer took us in tow we moved along very slowly passed the goodwin sands a great number of Col[l]iers about Ships at Ball Practice of[f] Sheerness entered London River about 2

River Thames

& got land again on both sides of us. very tedious getting up the steamer did not tow us well the Coasts open out more & Mrs. W. thinks that England is rather pretty after all. Anchored at Gravesend about 4 ocl got two boats to take us Ashore. promised to see the ladies to London [underscored:Otheu ] with us Mrs. W & Children quite thunderstruck with ships & people. went to Railway Station no train to London for 1½ hours Walked into the Country. Came back sat down in the Railway waiting room went on to London. great stir at London Bridge got Mrs. R. &ce bundled into a Cab off to Welford Otheu & I went to have something to eat. parted & I went to the Waverly Hotel in Cheapside (German)

London Again

Wed: went through the tower