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Wednesday 9th – The breeze steady
from the east, the ship going rapidly our
latitude is about 20° north, expect to
reach the line[1] this week cloudy today
but sultry. A little motion today and
a few of them a little sick again
not a sail to be seen the whole day
the horizon dark.
STANDARDISED
Wednesday 9th December
The breeze steady from the east, the ship going rapidly. Our latitude is about 20° north, expect to reach the line this week. Cloudy today but sultry. A little motion today and a few of them a little sick again. Not a sail to be seen the whole day, the horizon dark.
HENRY SCHOFIELD DIARY
9th v fine
Going about 11 knots per hour. For dinner spice pudding made of bruised biscuit & flour and boulli. Got in the tropic of Cancer. I was not very well.
Notes
1. the line: the Equator, located at 0° latitude and around 40,075km in circumference, is the imaginery line dividing the northern and southern hemispheres.
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from Advanced Geography, Alexis Everett Frye (Ginn & Co, 1899) [Internet Archive]
