Nagasaki, Friday, morning, 29th April 98, quarantine anchorage, “SS Rohilla”. Yesterday was spent very quietly on board, some went ashore & had afternoon pic nic[1] tea. It was a very beautiful day. I did not go off the ship. We were, as had been usual daily, inspected: all well! This Friday morning we were inspected […]
Quarantine moorings, SS “Rohilla”, Nagasaki Harbour, Wednesday, 5:30 p.m., 27/4/98. Nothing has occurred worth the recording since last writing. I wrote a letter to Andy on Monday & sent it ashore yesterday morning, & it would go away in the “Doric”. She sailed out past us last evening at 6:30 for Yokohama & San Francisco, so his is […]
SS Rohilla, Nagasaki harbour, Monday morning, April 25/98. 8 o’clock. Your time is 9 hours behind us. I got a letter dispatched by the Rosetta, which sailed past us on Saturday at 5 p.m. Possibly you may get both the letters of 21st & 23rd by the same mail. I don’t know at the moment when […]
On board the SS Rohilla, Nagasaki harbour, in quarantine, Saturday morning, April 23/98. 9:45. On Thursday I had to hurry to finish of[f] my journal as the German mail steamer “Hohenzollern” was leaving, & an opportunity for getting a letter forward. In it you will see the fix we have got into. It was a […]
Nagasaki Harbour, Thursday morning, April 21/98, 9:30. We arrived in the harbour at 8:30 this morning & every soul on board was summoned on deck to undergo examination before the mails or anyone was permitted to leave the ship & most unfortunately one of the crew has either fever or plague, & the result is […]
Monday morning, April 18/98. On board the SS P&O RMS “Rohilla” in straits of Formosa towards Nagasaki, our first port of call in Japan. Very fine morning, 10:30, your time 2 a.m. Sea smooth as molten lead & delicious air. Well, I had to post letters at Hong Kong by 11 a.m. on Saturday morning. Had the mail steamer […]
Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong, Friday morning, April 15/98, 9:30. As soon as I got ashore on Wednesday morning, I hastened to the Institute & got letters: 2 home, 1 Albi, & 2 parcels of papers. I need not say how very sad I felt on hearing of our dear father’s death. Since leaving Colombo, where I […]
April 13th, memorable day to me[1] – very: Hong Kong harbour, 8:55 a.m., your time 12:55 a.m. We left Swatou at 3:40 p.m. yesterday & arrived here at 6 this morning, & had to await the port doctor coming on board to examine the Chinese passengers as plague is bad at Amoy & Swatou. He has just […]
Tuesday morning, 9:30, on board the SS Hai-Mun in Swatou harbour. Arrived here about 6 o’clock. I spent a very pleasant finishing day yesterday at Amoy. Mr. Thompson accompanied me over from Kuloongsu to Amoy city, which we explored again so that I might get my first impressions confirmed, & indeed the experience was such that I should not […]
Amoy, Monday, Easter, 8:35 a.m., your time 12:25 a.m. Yesterday morning, Chinese service was held in the native church at 9:30. Mr. Thompson was the preacher. I accompanied him & the place was full. Males sit on one side & females on the other. A screen runs down the center from platform to door. Service […]