Day 321. Flying fish and salt horse: a seafaring tale
16th June 1860:
Saturday 16th. The sow pigged eleven, two of…
16th June 1860:
Saturday 16th. The sow pigged eleven, two of…
15th June 1860:
Friday 15th. Still calm, a little breeze in the…
14th June 1860:Thursday 14th. nearly becalmed all day. the sick man worse. Still delirious, raving all night long. pumps carefully attended.
13th June 1860:
Wednesday 13th. Cold squally weather. could not…
12th June 1860:
Tuesday 12. 4 AM Tacked ship. 6 AM Shook the…
Arrows show the desks where power is to be installed. In total we will be able to add power to 224 study seats currently without sockets (we’d previously estimated we could add power to 150 study spaces). Once this…
Despite being a keen detective fiction fan, until recently I had never read any of the works of Wilkie Collins: Victorian author and early pioneer of mystery and detective fiction. […]
11th June 1860:Monday 11th. 4 PM Shook 1 reef out of the three Topsails and set Foresail, Mainsail and Crossjack, Jib M Topmast Staysail and Spanker. Pumps carefully attended.
10th June 1860:Sunday 10th. Much finer this morning but still a nasty sea on. made sail. Came on to blow again at night. Double reefed the Topsails and reefed Main and Foresails stowed Crossjack. 12 PM Close reefed the…
9th June 1860:
Saturday 9th. Head reaching the ship…