Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Wednesday 27th April 1853

Today at noon we had run 163 miles and were now at S Lat 8 deg 57m E Long 64 deg 2min therefore more than halfway between Aden and Galle. The air was very calm, the sea almost without a ripple. 

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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