Alabaster Diary, Volume 1
Journal: ANU Press eBooks
Year: 2023

August 4. Left England in the Indus, Captain Soy, for China. 2 5. 3.10.Ushant 3 -looming in distance.8. Finisterre 4 -a high peak.9. Rock of Lisbon. 5[sketch] Terifa 6 (noticed).Wall round town.Batteries.Lighthouse.Polaccas. 7Round towers.Hills in furrows.Straits of Gibraltar.Africa N. Spain south.Telescopes wanted.Ships all around us.Villas.Hills wreathed in clouds.Azure skies.Olives.Small light houses