Journal of voyage on Hotspur (presumed to be a pseudonym for Percy), 15 August 1828 - [n.d.]

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Subseries JOD/187/1
Content Summary:

Details of embarkation and taking leave of family; sea sickness; Madeira; food and drink; weather; sighting other ships, birds; ceremonies of crossing the line; Simons Town; Lord John Churchill sends potatoes from his farm; visit to winery at Constantia; entertainments in Cape Town; description of Cape Town; St. Pauls' Island - pack of wild hogs. (139p.)

Includes: Watercolour sketches of life on board.

(No dates given; some damaged pages; some missing pages - pagination erratic.)

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