William Wheeler. Journal of rating on board H.M.S. Carysfort, 12 October 1880-07 May 1882
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Details of sailing to Simons Town; ordered to Melbourne; duties on board; Divine Services held on deck; presumed loss of Bacchante - later learn she is at Albany; all ships in Melbourne Harbour dress in honour of Queen Victoria's birthday; visit on shore 'finest place ever I was in'; visit to exhibition; 'Governor General of Victoria' comes aboard; ball on board Bacchante; Squadron leaves Harbour; voyage to Sydney - man killed falling from Inconstant's foretop mast rigging; 'a most beautiful harbour'; Governor visits Admiral on board; coaling and cleaning ship; Prince Edward of Wales lays Foundation Stone of statue of Queen Victoria in Hyde Park; departure of Squadron from Harbour to Brisbane; Governor on board; voyage to Levuka; Governor of Fiji visits Flagship; entertained by native war dance 'a very amusing affair indeed'; 'Inconstant showed her electric light… a sight that the natives had never seen before'; voyage to Yokohama; Micardo of Japan visits Bacchante; voyage round Japan; Shanghai; Hong Kong - other ships in Harbour; Singapore; Straits of Sunda; voyage to Simons Town; fire on board Inconstant; poems.
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(63ff.)
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