The weather was fine and the winds light today as we proceeded today in view of the coast at a considerable distance, which was kept to avoid the Bass rocks. These lie some miles off the shore and scarcely rise above the water. We saw the waves breaking upon them however in the distance. A mountain range seemed to rise near the coast and loftier mountains rose dimly and faintly in the distance behind. The forms of some of the nearer range were very peculiar, abruptly precipitous or steeply conical. Near sunset in the evening, when on deck, a smell of vegetation –the smell of the jungle, was wafted distinctly from the land, though the distance would be about 10 or 12 miles.
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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