31st Dec 1831

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Devonport to Canary Islands In the morning very uncomfortable; got up about noon and enjoyed some few moments of comparative ease. A shoal ...

30th Dec 1831

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Devonport to Canary Islands At noon Lat. 43. South of Cape Finisterre and across the famous Bay of Biscay: wretchedly out of spirit...

29th Dec 1831

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Devonport to Canary Islands At noon we were 380 miles from Plymouth the remaining distance to Madeira being 800 miles. We are in the Bay of...

28th Dec 1831

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Devonport to Canary Islands Waked in the morning with an eight knot per hour wind, and soon became sick and remained so during the whole day...

27th Dec 1831

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[The plaque on the wall at Devil's Point, opposite Barn Pool] Devonport to the Channel I am now on the 5th of Jan.y writing the memoran...

26th Dec 1831

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Devonport A beautiful day, and an excellent one for sailing, the opportunity has been lost owing to the drunkedness and absence of nearly th...

Christmas Day 1831

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Devonport Christmas day, in morning went to Church and found preaching there an old Cambridge friend Hoare. Dined at 4 ocloc...

24th Dec 1831

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Devonport A blank and idle day.

23rd Dec 1831

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Devonport In the morning Sullivan, Bynoes and myself shot matches with the rifle for sundry bottles of wine to be paid for and drunk at the ...

22nd Dec 1831

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Devonport I have not felt at all comfortable all this day; took a long walk with Stokes and Bynoe, during the whole time torrents of rain we...

21st Dec 1831

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(Drakes Island) The morning was very calm and the sun shone red through the mist: every thing gave us hopes of a steady NE wind, and a prosp...

20th Dec 1831

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(Plymouth Sound) The rain fell in torrents and the South W wind blew all the morning; but now the moon is shining bright on the sea, which ...

19th Dec 1831

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Devonport A fine calm day with a gentle breeze from the North. There is every probability of sailing tomorrow morning. The weighing of our...

18th Dec 1831

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(Whitsand Bay on a calm day) Dined at 12 oclock with the Midshipmen, and then with Bynoe and Stokes walked to Whitson (Whitsand) bay: the se...