Our course since Wednesday had been turning from east to north east and north and at noon was NN West.we had., by noon passed the most easterly part of the island and were now about 12 miles southward of Trincomalee, directing our course towards Pondicherry on the coast of India.
A heavy shower of rain fell in the morning. During the day it was almost a calm, and the weather felt very close and warm.
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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