Wednesday, October 30th

The wind nor motion abated not a whit during the night, and therefore very little sleep. A good deal of rain this morning and bitterly cold. Breakfast and dinner the same scramble as yesterday. The soup is made thick with potatoes and doughnuts and is very good. Single simple dishes are put down by themselves—spare plates, tumblers and everything else on a swing tray; but even so, every time the ship rolls there is a roll down the table. The plates are stopped short by the wooden divisions, but knives and spoons clear them and go on their course. The wind is not so high (having our topgallant sail set), but it is the heavy swell after the gale of yesterday which does this. Margaret page 59Ferguson, having finished a beautiful embroidered muslin baby's cap, I promised, in the hearing of all the young married couples, to give it as a prize to the first Charlotte Jane child. The ladies complain much of weariness caused by being obliged to bend to every motion of the vessel in order to keep their balance. Lat. 38.41 S. Long. 2.10 W. Distance run, 213 miles in a beautiful course.