Weather- Very unpleasant this Morning the Sky being cloudy and Such clouds as Send down a cold drizeling rain. Wind- Quite Strong from the South East. S E.
When I came on deck this morning I found myself for the first time in my life out of Sight of Land, and nothing to rest the Eye upon but the mighty waters around us, the wet Clouds, above us, an occasional Sea Gull flying to and fro, and our own floating Island. douring the latter part of the day, it was quite manifest that many of our Ships Company were troubled with a peculiar “nausea” in the region of their Stomachs, which was anything, but agreeable, and told quite pla.nely what the night or morning at fartherest would “bring forth”.