Booth, Thomas. Papers, 1857 - 1859. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2002/56.
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Friday, August 9, 2013
29 August 1859
29th. A dull morning and inclined to be stormy. The sea appears to run with us though sometimes rather high yet we appear to be making moderate progress. Today heavy sea came over the poop deck and through the ventilators into the saloon and again from the main deck in at the saloon doorway it is said sufficient to float a trunk. We got a little but not so much as the fine folk.
27 August 1859
27th. A dull and squally morning following by a rough day and after we had cleaned our berths ready for Sunday the sea came over the mid ships and from neglect of corking round our hatchway she shipped us several buckets of water down our clean floor but we soon put all right again. The ship labored hard all day and part of the night.
Booth, Thomas. Papers, 1857 - 1859. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2002/56
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