76 ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
March 31st.—Went on board the Amity, Capt. Maxwell, an Ameri- 
can Packet, being one of five which belong to a Company of Merchants 
(Quakers) at New York and which sail constantly (wind permitting) 
from Liverpool on the 1st of every Month and from New York on the 
10th. The Passage Money is 45 guineas, and I paid £20 for my servant 
Raven, who accompanied me. In the Morning we went on Board and 
got under weigh, but the wind blew so strongly from the W. that we 
could only reach the Rock, so called from being the extreme Point of 
the Mersey on the Cheshire Coast and having a Shelve of dangerous 
Rocks which run across the Channel and which are impassable at low 
water. The wind continuing to blow very strong from the W. till 
Friday, 6th April, we were detained at Liverpool, when we again got 
under weigh. 
Saturday ‘th April—Wind W.N.W.—Beaumaris Bay. 
Sunday Sila ts ite MALE Holyhead. 
Monday Stl ae NN 
Tuesday, L0th 9 AV ae blowing very hard—uncomfort- 
able. 
Wednesday 11th “ ATEN blowing very hard—uncomfort- 
able. 
Thursday 12th “ Ny Bristol Channel. 
Friday LS ER ONE alle eV. 
Saturday 14th “ “ W.N.W. violent storm —dinjured the 
Bowsprit. 
Sunday 15th “ MALE nothing produces sea sickness 
so much as a contrary wind. 
Monday 16th “ SOP ASE. all right till 12 o’clock. Lat. 
48.3, Longitude 9. Spoke a 
vessel from St. Michael’s one 
of the Azores. 
Tuesday) Withou"* “ W.N.W. weather fine but calm. Lat. 
48.2, Lon. 10. 
Wednesday 18th “ ES Wes good run till One—changed to 
W. ; 
Thursday “19th” “) WWENCW: at 6 o'clock: SE ra 
weather. 
Friday 20th Good Friday E. fine weather—? to 104 knots— 
Lat. 48.40, Lon. 15.9. 
Saturday 21st April—Wind N.E. eight knots—fine weather— 
Lat. 48, Lon. 20.8. 
