July

July 12. Friday!
— At 8,O'Clock this morning the Blenheim, 74, with all the China, Madras, and Bengal Ships, parted Company and steered a more Easterly course; the Admiral having detached the Greyhound Frigate to convoy the Bombay Division of Ships, consisting of the City of London, the Earl Camden, the Metcalfe and Retreat Indiamen. — We parted with the Admiral and his Fleet (by Observation at Noon) in Latd. 36° 23'; being nearly abreast of the Cape of Good-Hope, and about 150 miles distant from the Continent of Africa ! —

July 22. Monday!
— We entered the Streights [sic] of Mozambique (-formed by the Island of Madagascar, 900 miles long, on the one hand, and the Continent of Africa on the other-) at 8,O'Clock this morning, with a fine light wind. — The narrowest part of these Streights [sic] is about 300 miles across. —

July 27. Saturday!
— We have had a fine run through the Straits of Mozambique without meeting with any accident; we are now clear of all danger, having about Sunset quite cleared the Straits - and launched fairly into the wide Indian Ocean !

Source
Source Macquarie, Lachlan. Journal No. 6 July 1804 - 16 March 1807.
Original held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney.
ML Ref: A770 pp.241-242. [Microfilm Reel CY300 Frames #362-#363].