1824, AUGUST. AT SEA 85 



Saturday. Close and warm. Thermometer 82 and 79 ; heavy 

 showers of rain in the afternoon and the evening. 



Sunday, August 22nd. Gentle winds in the morning from north-east, 

 accompanied by light showers. A vessel bound southward. Sun visible 

 at midday. Thermometer 82 in the shade ; on the surface of the water 

 77. Continued heavy rain from two o'clock afternoon until ten at night ; 

 intermediate showers during the night. 



Monday, August 23rd. Heavy showers of rain during night, with 

 gusts of wind. Morning still and warm. Sun visible at eight o'clock ; 

 cloudy during the remainder of the day, with intervening showers. 

 Evening cool and nearly calm ; thermometer in the shade 84, in the 

 water 78. 1 Caught two specimens of seaweed : one a variety of Fucus 

 natans, attached to it some small shellfish ; one probably a species of 

 Confervae in close thready tufts of a bright olive colour. Intermingled with 

 the Confervae a small species of Fucus with circular branches and minute 

 flattened bladders. On the same, two very minute insects of the same 

 species having a beautiful shining azure colour. Sixty miles off Cape 

 Verde Islands. \ 



Tuesday, 2ith. Light showers of rain and gentle wind ; cloudy during 

 the greater part of the day. Thermometer at noon in the shade 84, on 

 the surface of the water 81. Several flying-fish were washed or flew on 

 board during the preceding night, but being much damaged were not 

 worth preserving, and a very curious species of Beroe which retained its 

 transparency for a long time in a bucket of water. At eight o'clock in 

 the evening thermometer in cabin 86 with all the air that could be 

 given. 



Wednesday, August 25th. Thermometer 87 in the shade, in the 

 water 81. Light winds from the west with showers. 



Thursday, 26th. Wind from the west, with very heavy rains. 

 Thermometer at noon 86, and 81 in the water ; cool and pleasant in the 

 evening. 



Friday, August 27th. High wind from the west with showers at 

 two o'clock afternoon ; moderate. Thermometer 81, in the water 78. 



Saturday, August 28th. Pleasant and cool in the morning, with a fine 

 breeze. Thermometer 81 in the shade, on the surface of the water 79. 

 Several large birds in the evening hovered round the vessel ; some were 

 large, brown on the back, white on the belly and under the wings. 

 Probably a species of gull. 



Sunday, 23th. Light wind from south-east. Thermometer 83, 

 in the shade 80. Cool and pleasant in the evening. 



Monday, 30th. Wind from the north-west. Very warm during the 

 middle of the day. Thermometer 86 in the shade, 84 on the surface of 

 the water. 



Tuesday, 31st. Cloudy, with little wind from west. Thermometer 

 81 in the shade, 70 in the water ; heavy rain during the evening. 



Wednesday, September 1st. Very pleasant and cool in the morning. 

 Thermometer 82 in the shade, on the surface of the water 79. Warm 

 and close in the afternoon, with light showers. Spoke ship Jane of 



