Early this morning the stewards were taken on shore and brought before the Magistrate: the riingleaders were condemned to imprisonment for 12 weeks and the rest returned to their duty. After breakfast preparations were made for leaving. A French steamer, the same which had passed us in the Red Sea had anchored the previous evening in the channel by which we had to proceed, and required to move out of the way. But this obstacle was soon removed, the stewards assisted with the capstan and before noon we had begun to move. On our way we passed a vessel- the Belouchie of Belfast, which along with some other vessels had been lying there since our arrival. The breeze was against us and rather stronger than we either anticipated or wished, but we made the best of our way with our single paddle wheel, and in the course of the afternoon were out of sight of land on our route to Ceylon. Hitherto I had been occupying a cabin along with another passenger, but as there was now plenty of room I got a cabin to myself, one on the poop next the Captain’s.
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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