I went on deck this morning at 7 o’clock to see if we were near Algiers but found that we had passed it, at a considerable distance, two hours before.
The wind had been rising and continued to increase as the day advanced, till towards evening it blew hard, but right on our stern. The vessel pitched and rolled on the long swelling billows, spray dashed on the deck, showers occasionally swept over us, and clouds were drifted along the surface of the water... The approach of darkness induced those on deck to retire, but I visited it at a later hour, and had an opportunity of then seeing, to a small extent, the phosphorescence of the waters, which I may probably have a better opportunity of seeing afterwards and thus describing.
Prayers were read today about half past ten o’clock. The sailors I observed attended. I presume all except those required on deck or otherwise engaged.
The full journal will be published by Annet House Museum, Linlithgow. Waldie's journey to India will form a key feature of the museum's Waldie exhibition which will open to the public on 18 May.
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