From noon yesterday till noon today we had gained 78 miles and were not far from being opposite Mocha. These two days past we had occasionally seen small islands and this forenoon we saw at no great distance the coast of Arabia, though not clearly. The old negro pilot had been at his post at the bow of the vessel for the two past days, night and day on the lookout the navigation being now more dangerous. In the course of the afternoon we saw Mocha in the distance, and a considerable extent of the Arabian coast; a steam vessel was also visible in the same direction. In the evening this vessel passed at no great distance from ours but we remained in ignorance as to what she was. The moon was increasing in size and was giving a pleasant though not very brilliant light. During the day we had seen several birds of large size on the wing.
The full journal will soon be published by Annet House Museum, Linlithgow. Waldie's journey to India forms a key feature of the museum's Waldie exhibition.
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