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Chairman the duty devolved on me to propose his health,
and a speedy and properous passage home making as
flowery a speech as I could : he returned the toast in a very
short speech, which I was glad of, not wishing to refer to
the unpleasantness that happened before: after two or three
glasses of grog, we went on deck, smoked, and turned in
at midnight -

October 20th In the morning early, I was awoke by hearing
a Steamer was in sight, and at once turned out expecting
it to be the mail, but it turned out to be a Brazilian
Steamer from Rio, however we learnt that the Packet had
left, in the forenoon another Steamer arrived from Para.

Commdr came on board : The Purser adrift somewhere. In the
afternoon several of the Officers went ashore to ride to fashnagar.
Some of our men came off very drunk, and one of them even
struck the Officer of the watch on the Quarter deck. I had shut
my cabin door when my messmates came on board and
insisted on my making it Saturday night, and it was
midnight before we all turned in.

Sunday October 21st The hottest morning I ever felt, the
perspriation actually running off me in streams : still no
appearance of the English Mail - 13 of our men on shore and
many on board very rudy - 9 sent a boat for Commdr. waited
for him till noon, when she was recalled. At 1 the Purser came
off changed his linen and went ashore again - Dined at 2ish
Several of the men came off very drunk.

October 23rd Anxiously looking for the Mail, a large
fleet of ships outside in Quarantine - In the afternoon
heard of the death, from Fever, of a young gentleman who
dined with us only three days previously - Most of our
officers on shore - Very unwell all day -