(Shipboard diary of my great-grandfather, Charles Gaze, aged 27; off the coast of Australia)
7th March 1860
Very fine, warm and wind still ahead
of us. Tacking about to clear Cape Wilson and rocks about it which stand very high and seen at a long distance.
Quantities of Barracoota caught,
by different persons, the sailors catch most having the longest line. 2nd mate
gave us one, which we had
boiled for dinner, melted butter and potatoes, we all enjoyed it.It tasted something like cod or haddock.
2 Lighthouses seen tonight.
Wind ceased and it became
calm towards evening when about half past 8 p.m. a fair
wind blew, the yards were squared, and we cleared C. Wilson towards 2 a.m. on the 8th and out of sight of land altogether by breakfast time, weather fine, warm and very favourable winds.
wind blew, the yards were squared, and we cleared C. Wilson towards 2 a.m. on the 8th and out of sight of land altogether by breakfast time, weather fine, warm and very favourable winds.
A small bird caught in the rigging by
a sailor.
4 p.m. wind ahead of us and continues.
9th
Fine but
wind as yesterday. The last 3 fowls killed today, almost skeletons many jokes about them on the
forecastle.
10th
Fine, almost a calm. Wind ahead all day. Concert
on
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