Booth, Thomas. Papers, 1857 - 1859. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2002/56.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
17 August 1859
17th. This morning the wind blowing strong and the sea running high
and continued all day. The day had a few showers which soon blew away
and when fine to stand and look at the troubled sea is a scene of
awful grandeur. Sometimes riding on the peak of some mountain wave and
then we sank far beneath as if to bury us in the briny deep. This
state of things continued up to bedtime. Tonight we are said to
leaving the southern parallel of the Cape of Good Hope.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment