Rather dull and showery not so rough sea
but the ship still rolls.
The calf removed
from the cowhouse and put into the long boat with the sheep,the cow having fell on it and hurt it,
it died soon after, poor bony animal, the butcher skinned it (the skin used in the rigging, also the sheep's,
to keep the ropes from
chafing) its legs were given to the pigs and the body thrown overboard when
about a dozen birds different kinds flew round it,and an
albatross was seen swimming along-side of it, for some time astern of us. I
heard a sailor say that very likely the albatross would swim and eat untill he would be scarce able to
fly out of the water again, unless a shark or any other should come and take it from.
A whale seen very soon
after this.
Lat. 40-26S
Long. 3.30 E.
Slack topsails this evening. Sea not so rough, much cooler.
An association named
The Burleigh Homestead Association
formed to combine to have their land together in one lot.
Mr Wilkes,
Chairman, Mr Green, Sec.
26th
Fine, cold untill about 2 p.m. when it
began to rain and continued till near sunset about 7 p.m. when it cleared off, and a most beautiful sky appeared, remarked by many persons to be
such as they had never seen, Gold, Green, Purple, Blue and many other colours in streaks as the
clouds cleared away.
S. Lat. 40-50
E. Long 7-42.
27th
Very fine, very cold and heavy sea.
S Lat.41 - E. Long 12-33.
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