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why the sea was called the deep blue sea
as it was of a dark green colour but to day
I notice for the first time it is a deep
blue. Our ship still rolls considerably but
for my ow part I do not mind it
much.

Sunday January [?] 1880
292 miles 42 degrees 47" North Latitude 11 degrees 57" West
Longitude. Calmer this morning sun shining
brightly. A vessel was sighted about 10.0
a.m. The church bell tolled at 10.30.
All the men on board parade aft every
Sunday morning in their Sunday clothes
and pretty sight they make. There was a
clergyman on board a minister of the
Church of England bound for Sydney
named C. [Pym?] who conducted the serv
ices which was held in the first saloon.
He took for his text as Moses lifted
up the serpent in the wilderness so