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Thursday 4th – Almost a calm this morning
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it soon freshened up, and blew a nice breeze all day
at times the sun shone, on the whole the day was beautiful
our longitude at noon was 124° east. 10 P.M. the wind
has shifted to the starboard quarter, and the seamen are
getting the studding /sails\ across.
STANDARDISED
Thursday 4th
Almost a calm this morning,it soon freshened up, and blew a nice breeze all day. At times the sun shone, on the whole the day was beautiful. Our longitude at noon was 124° east. 10pm the wind has shifted to the starboard quarter, and the seamen are getting the studding sails across.
HENRY SCHOFIELD DIARY
4th fine & overcast
I drempt I was going with the [?] Got water & biscuit, made a spice pudding & a loaf. Dinner pork and pea soup. A lot of fishes & stormy petrels seen. Bought a waiscoat of Copsey[1] 1/6 and Tom [E?] a coat for 4/6. 9 knots per hour 124 deg Long. Had a squall, put hook pot in my box. Was 8 hours and 16 min before London. Sailors telling tales one of childbirth.
Notes
1. Copsey is likely another passenger paying their own way in steerage, previously mentioned by Schofield in his 5 January entry.
![A painting of racing tea clippers by Jack Spurling, a marine artist known for his technical accuracy. This shows the reasonable maximum amount of stun'sls that could be set so that they did not interfere with each other. [Wikipedia]](http://mermaid1864.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Jack_Spurling_-_ARIEL__TAEPING_China_Tea_Clippers_Race-Wikipedia.jpg)
A painting of racing tea clippers by Jack Spurling, a marine artist known for his technical accuracy. This shows the reasonable maximum amount of stun’sls that could be set so that they did not interfere with each other. [Wikipedia]
