1894
 April 16
 At Sea.
noon observation. Lat 21" 30;  Lon 64" 51 ;  run 223 miles


A clear, fine day the wind north-east up to 10 a.m.
afterwards north to north-west, with a long, heavy swell
from the same direction which caused our  small and
overloaded shop to labor somewhat and drove several
of the passengers to their lower rooms.

Attempts to [?] the day dragged wearily at
best for me. There were no birds, other than a
few Wilson's Petrels following shabbily in our wake
and I saw but one flying fish. Saragosson weed
was in sight most of the time but then there were
no great masses of it. The sea is still very blue.
The north wind has the slightest possible trips of
that crisp coolness peculiar to the north.

Among all my [?] fellow passengers there is but
one who is at all interesting a Mr. Fortune
from Memphis, Tennissee. He has been in nearly
every country on the globe and has much to say
about India where he spent five years.