Wednesday morning, Feb’y 2, very lovely morning & hot. I hung my therm. outside my port hole a while, & it registered 80. There it was shaded with the frame but on the sun side of ship. Ports on Ballaarat are all square with sliding glass window inside the cabin wall, very convenient for adjusting […]
Feb’y 1st 1898. Our position at noon today was Lat. N. 13.8 – Long. E. 46.47, run 112 from Aden. Tuesday evening 6:12 local time home 3:14, on board the P&O SS “Ballaarat”, Arabian Sea (Indian Ocean). The “Victoria” arrived at Aden last night at 7 o’clock. The day passed very quietly & uneventful (posted letters before […]
Monday morning, 11:45. Yesterday was a glorious day at sea. I arose early, it being so tempting on deck, had a refreshing cold bath, & breakfast over, read in my chair on deck a little book I bought at Plenderleith’s Short Life of Dr. Cairns, & at ¼ to 11 a service was held in the […]
Saturday night, Jan’y 29/98. Strange it feels to be so far away from home on Saturday night. It is now 8:15 local time, & exactly 6 your time, & I can reasonably imagine whats going on amongst you. Well, it’s been a very pleasant day in the Red Sea. We are a long way into it […]
SS Victoria in the Gulf of Suez, Friday morning, Jan’y 28/98. The latter part of my letter last night was very hurriedly written in order that I might catch the box before it got removed, & time did not permit reading it & correcting before disposing of it, as has been my usual, & there […]
P&O SS Victoria Jan’y 27/98, Thursday night 10:10 p.m. local time. Just passing through the Bitter Lake[1] which we entered about 9 p.m., since which time, we first class passengers have all been at a concert in the 2nd saloon by invitation, & much enjoyed it, finishing up with the National Anthem. We arrived about 1 […]
Wednesday morning, Ja’y 26/98. We have had a very rough night. The ship rolled heavily & every movable thing in our berths topsy turvy. No sleep after 2 a.m., & there was a very poor muster at breakfast. Every table had the fiddles[1] on and yet every article was rolled about: cups upset, food shuffled […]
Tuesday night, Jan’y 25/98, at sea, SS “Victoria” 10:15 ship time, 8:45 your time. I’ve so little to record since posting from Brindisi, but as we are due at Port Said at 1 p.m. tomorrow, I may not find it convenient to write if left till we arrive, & I shall make for the shore […]
Brindisi Sunday night, Jan’y 23/98. It is now 8:15 p.m. Dinner is just over but there’s been a great commotion since 6:30, the overland passengers arriving & it appears their train was 2 hours late. We have got 2 batches of mails on board but the largest from England for the East is yet to […]
How strange it is to me to feel so far away from business on a Saturday night. Your time is now 5 to 9, & last Saturday night the same thoughts occurred to me. Well, the discharging & noise, especially with men shouting & hurrying the labourers, continued well into midnight, after which I heard […]