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28th January 1860
Very fine, cold and high sea, strong wind most sails reefed, 1 p.m. topsails unreefed. 2 p.m. main royal also and lower stud sails up,
S
Lat 41-4 E Long 17-25.
8 p.m. when pumping
tonight the ship rolled more than ever, the sea washing over the deck and down the hatchway even heavy chests
were thrown out of their places in
addition to many things falling off shelves and between decks a great deal of screaming and laughing while it lasted.
Several albatross etc, larger than
have been seen before.
A sheep killed tonight.
29th Sunday
Very fine and a good N.W.breeze Half p 10 a.m.
Church Prayers on the poop but very few
attended on account of not being allowed on the poop in the week as before,
E Long 21-30.
3 p.m. Bible
Class in the Steerage as before (3 Ch John).
8 p.m. Dissenters Service and address from Acts 16, Ch 14-40v in
our part of the ship,
well attended by most persons, 1st class included.
Strong breeze all night.
30th
Fine and strong NW breeze untill about 10
a.m. when it began to rain and wind changes to W.S.W. and continues to rain till about 2 p.m. when it cleared off and was very fine the rest of
the day, wind stronger towards night.
A large number of small birds seen this afternoon swimming on the
sea and afterwards flew
away all together. Said to be whale birds, I estimate their number to be about a
thousand. Some persons thought more.
31st
Very fine, and strong breeze and cold. Lat. 42-2 E.
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