23rd July 1836

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Ascension In the afternoon put to sea. — When in the offing, the Ships head was directed in W.S.W. course — a sore discomfiture & sur...

21st & 22nd July 1836

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Ascension On the two succeeding days I took long walks & examined some rather curious points in the mineralogical composition of some o...

20th July 1836

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Ascension The next morning I ascended Green Hill, 2,840 ft high, & walked from thence across the Isd to the windward point. — A good c...

19th July 1836

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Ascension Reached the anchorage in the afternoon, & received some letters. This alone with such a surrounding scene, was capable of pr...

14th July 1836

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St. Helena I so much enjoyed my rambles amongst the rocks & mountains, that I almost felt sorry on the morning of the 14th, to descend ...

13th July 1836

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St. Helena In my walks, I passed more than once over the grassy plain bounded by deep valleys, on which stands Longwood. — Viewed from a sh...

12th July 1836

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St. Helena My guide was an elderly man, who had been a goatherd when a boy, & knew every step amongst the rocks. He was of a race many...

11th July 1836

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St. Helena On viewing the Isd from an eminence, the first remark which occurs is on the infinite number of roads & likewise of forts. T...

10th July 1836

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St. Helena I obtained lodgings in a cottage within stone's throw of Napoleon's tomb. I confess this latter fact possessed with me b...

8th July 1836

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St. Helena In the morning arrived off St Helena. This island, the forbidding aspect of which has been so often described, rises like a hug...

29th June 1836

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South Atlantic The Beagle crossed the Tropic of Capricorn for the sixth & last time. We were surprised & grieved by finding light...

18th June 1836

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In the afternoon put to sea; our usual ill fortune followed us; first with a gale of wind, & then with scarcely any wind at all.

17th June 1836

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Cape Town Took a long walk with Mr Sullivan to examine several interesting features in the geology of the surrounding mountains.

16th June 1836

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Cape Town Returned to Simon's bay; the bad weather having set in caused our stay to be rather longer here than usual.