Thomas Keir diary - 28 January 1864 entry [National Library Micro-MS-0837]

Thursday 28th  Fine, almost a calm during
the forenoon on the afterpart a strong breeze sprung

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up from the south, and the yards were braced
hard up, and she was going at about 10 Knots
Two albatrosses were caught by one of the
cabin passengers. Our longitude will be about
87° east. Subscription gathered for the cook[1], gave
him a sixpence each, some gave a shilling.

STANDARDISED

Thursday 28th

Fine, almost a calm during the forenoon. On the afterpart a strong breeze sprung up from the south, and the yards were braced hard up, and she was going at about 10 knots. Two albatrosses were caught by one of the cabin passengers. Our longitude will be about 87° east. Subscription gathered for the cook, gave him a sixpence each, some gave a shilling.

HENRY SCHOFIELD DIARY

28th fine & warm

Calm in morning. Cook Jack 6d, saw a lot of birds Morihawks, Albatrosses, two caught with hooks. Writing a letter for my father &c. Dinner pie & pea soup 1 bottle of porter 1/-.  87 deg Long. Waited on a sailor Somersall.[2]

Notes

1. The passenger’s cook, John Blyth, mentioned by Henry Schofield in his entry for 27 January.

2. Able Seaman Carl Somershall was 29 years of age from Christiana, Denmark, and had previously served on the Chamois.

Glenlee, built by Anderson Rodger & Company in Glasgow in 1896. Now a museum ship at the Riverside Museum, Glasgow. [Photo: M Gaffney 2023]

Glenlee, built by Anderson Rodger & Company in Glasgow in 1896. Now a museum ship at the Riverside Museum, Glasgow. [Photo: M Gaffney 2023]

Galley of the Glenlee, built by Anderson Rodger & Company in Glasgow in 1896. Now a museum ship at the Riverside Museum, Glasgow. [Photo: M Gaffney 2023]

Galley of the Glenlee, built by Anderson Rodger & Company in Glasgow in 1896. Now a museum ship at the Riverside Museum, Glasgow. [Photo: M Gaffney 2023]

John Blyth Thomas Keir