Friday morning, Sep 9/98, 11:15. The fog continued throughout the night but towards 5 o’clock it somewhat cleared & we steamed ahead, but only at half speed, & fog blast going at intervals. At 9 o’clock we encountered the density again & had to slow down, & eventually stop, & we were motionless for 2 […]
Thursday Sep. 8/98. We were due at Vancouver very early this morning but yet a long way off. Early this morning, we were enveloped in a very dense fog & the engines were stopped about 4 a.m., & we lay practically motionless all the day, fog signal blowing at very short intervals. The atmosphere was disagreeable […]
Wednesday 7th, very fine morning, strong sunshine, & sea much reduced, a very great change from yesterday. It is really enjoyable. Our position at noon was: Lat. N. 46.10, Long. W. 129.40, run 289 knots, distance to Victoria 310 knots, mod. breeze, mod. head sea. It is now 4 p.m., tea hour, but I’ve only […]
(Tuesday Sep. 6/98) Yesterday after I had closed my journal, we sighted, at 4:30, a very large sailing ship away on the horizon westward. We could not see her hull, only her sails & she was carrying full set of canvas.[1] The day continued cold. The thermometer in my berth stood 70°. At night banjo […]
Monday Sep 5th. Fine morning again, but dull, very cool, sea slightly ruffled, spent 1 ½ hours playing at quoits. Exercise is enjoyable now & I walk the deck now & again. Our position at noon was as follows: Lat. N. 39.25, Long. W. 139.45, distance run 318, & to Victoria now 902, where we […]
Sunday Sept. 4th. Fine morning, cool. Divine service announced for 11 a.m., Captain read the form of C. of E. prayer, the doctor the two lessons. 1st lesson 2nd Kings 5th, 2nd lesson 1st Corinth. chapter 14 to v. 20. Hymns A&M 166, 224, 370 Coll[ection] £1.15.6. These collections are divided between the NSW Shipwreck […]
Saturday morning, Sep. 3rd, a very delightful morning, sea gone down, quite calm & air sweet & fresh, sea birds, “mollyhawks”, are now flying astern of us, a big bird of the gull species, see Chambers, & these will be about us not [sic] till we land.[1] (Just before we got to Honolulu, a pretty […]
Friday Sep. 2nd. Disagreeable, wet, angry looking morning, great swell on & [6:61] the atmosphere much cooler. Nothing notable to record. Our position at noon as follows: Lat N. 27.33, Long. W. 152.22, run 304 knots, leaving 1,800 knots to Victoria, mod. breeze, squally moderate sea.
Thursday September 1st opened out a very fine morning, rather strong breeze with heavy swell. I find that we’ve been visited with a swarms of mosquitos during our stay in Honolulu & some of them has [sic] feasted royally of me, especially hands & ankles. These parts were exposed during the night as pyjamas only […]
Wednesday, Aug 31/98. The concert by the stewards came off last night & with much success. £3.0.6 was the amount collected. Programmes were printed & supplied to the audience. Fine breezy morning, expecting to see land soon after breakfast. The island on which Honolulu is situated is called Oahu, pronounced Wahu. After breakfast, & soon […]