The breeze was still stronger and we made only 49 miles in our course. The ship pitched a good deal and the heat and motion together rendered it very uncomfortable, more particularly as the head wind carried the hot and impure air from the engine room and galley backwards into the saloon. Several of the passengers were sick and both yesterday and today I felt uncomfortable though up all day. Towards evening however the sea fell and the breeze abated a little, and the nearly new moon did not set till 10 o’clock, giving promise of pleasant evenings for some time to 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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