24 January 1864

Thomas Keir diary - 24 January 1864 entry [National Library Micro-MS-0837]

Sunday 24th – Beautiful morning, but cold
fine breeze of the starboard quarter. Carried her
full compliment of sail the whole day. Two
or three /slight\ showers of rain with a little snow during
the day. On account of the cold there was
no service. A large whale was seen in the
evening spouting up the water. The longitude
must be about 67° east The eleventh Sunday
on board. Expect to sight land in a fortnight

STANDARDISED

Sunday 24th

Beautiful morning, but cold fine breeze off the starboard quarter. Carried her full complement of sail the whole day. Two or three slight showers of rain with a little snow during the day. On account of the cold there was no service. A large whale was seen in the evening spouting up the water. The longitude must be about 67° east. The eleventh Sunday on board. Expect to sight land in a fortnight.

HENRY SCHOFIELD DIARY

24th v wet

11th Sunday. I had a row with our mess about bread. My watch stopt. Ate last of my Parkin. Service in hold it being very wet. Dinner spice pudding & boulli. Saw a whale & a many birds. Going about 10 knots per hour, 67 deg Long. Reading New Zealand Examiner[1] trying to find out who David’s mother was.

Notes

1.The publication of the New Zealand Examiner was announced in the Morning Advertiser on 12th January 1860, “a monthly journal exclusively devoted to the interests of the New Zealand settlements”.