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°. Caught two specimens of seaweed : one a variety of Fucus 

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

 Confervae in close thready tufts of a bright oUve 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 ofi Cape 

 Verde Islands. 



Tuesday, 24Ah. — ^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, 29th. — ^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, Slst. — 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 



