Today it was almost calm and we had made 138 miles in the last 24 hours.
This morning a bold coast appeared on our right and continued in view all day while daylight lasted... During the afternoon the land was sufficiently near to be viewed by telescope: the beach was sandy, but the coast beyond appeared verdant and the hills in the background also. I saw no inhabitants but some others at another place observed a village. This country from Gardafui westwards towards Abyssinia is marked on the map Somauli, and is the country whence the negroes of Aden come.
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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