Monday 19th January Got up at 5.30am. Had a cold bath. Got breakfast. Wished all goodbye. Went to the station at 6.30am. Very cold journey. Arrived at Paddington at 30 past 10. Went by Metropolitan to Kensington. Had lunch. Went to Fenchurch Buildings. Saw CAPTAIN PEARSON and owner I. HICKS of Barque Arabella. Went back to Fenchurch Buildings. Signed Articles etc. Went to Oakley Road. Saw MR REED.

Metropolitan Railway

Tuesday 20th January
Up at 8 o'clock. Had breakfast. Took box down for Sutherland Got outfit and took the chest aboard. Saw two of the apprentices ?????? of their time 4th or 5th April. Went to Board of Trade offices with the Mate. Left him at Commercial Road. Went and had coffee, bread and butter and corned beef. Went to MR WILLIAMS. Had tea. Went to Paddington. Saw father of MR REED. Start home in nice carriage. Went and had hair cut. Arrived at Wilton Terrace. Went to bed.

Wednesday 21st January
Went to Heelas. Had my photo taken. Went for a walk to The Round Pond with HARRY. Went back and had dinner. MR WILLIAMS and myself took the Metropolitan to Kings Cross. Walk to Caledonian Road. Called at two at the house for rent. Left Uncle at Holloway Road. Went to see BATCHELOR. Had coffee, eggs and bread and butter with BIL at Seven Sisters Road. Left BIL. We met Uncle. Went to see a friend of his who is a schoolmaster. Went back to Kensington. Had supper and retired.

Thursday 22nd January Went out and got slate. We packed up. Had dinner. After dinner UNCLE HARRY and myself went to West India Docks. Got my hamper on board the Arabella. Wish UNCLE HARRY goodbye.

 Packed all my clothes in my chest. Went to tea in West India Docks Road at Coffee Tavern (Whitman). Went for a walk with other apprentices up Commercial Road. Went back to Arabella. Had a good nights rest.

Friday 23rd January
Turned out at about 7 o'clock. Had breakfast. Helped to wash the poop. Rather cold work! Had dinner. Finished the poop. Had tea. Went for a walk with two apprentices.

Saturday 24th January Went to breakfast . when we came back we could not see the barque. Went down a little further. Found her. Got beef, cabbages, turnips, onions, haddock etc on board, Tugged down to Gravesend by express. Lay there till Monday afternoon.

Sunday 25th January
Read a little. Had usual meals. Fresh bread for breakfast, dinner and tea. Food very well now. Two missionaries came on board and we had a sermon and prayers.

Monday 26th January
Tugged down (after the Captain came on board) to Downs. Dropped anchor. Pilot ashore. Very little wind. Picked watches. I am in the Mates. Set anchor. Watch turned in. Tug alongside in the afternoon. Bent on the tow cable good and away we went down the Thames. Passed the old training ships THE CHICHESTER and ARETHUSA.

Tuesday 27th January
Got the anchor up to the shanty 'Outward Bound'. Great many shore boats with soft tack. Red herrings, spiced bread etc. came off to us. Going very slow. Hardly any wind. Passed South Foreland. Two fine electric lights not lit now as it is light.

Wednesday 28th January
Same stile as yesterday. Find the night watches rather cold. Not very pleasant to turn out just as you get to sleep. Off Portsmouth, Can't see land. See the lights now it is dark.

Thursday 29th January
Scarcely any wind. Making very little way.Wind increasing. Been rather bilious last two or three days.

Friday 30th January
Took seasick 5 o'clock Friday morning. Felt alright while on deck. Soon as I went below and turned in I began to feel rather unwell from that queer sort of up and down motion whilst lying in my bunk (shelf on which to sleep). Seasick all day. Feel very giddy etc. I have one of the thwartship bunks allotted to me so we had bad weather when the vessel rolls heavy. I was standing on my head one minute and on my feet the next. Very pleasnt way of being rocked to sleep.

Saturday 31st January
No better. Can't throw anything up as I took nothing down,

(Insert little pictures he drew of himself in his bunk)

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