November 1876.
Nov. Remarks Temp. of water Temp. of air Latitude Longitude Since previous noon
Noon 6 p.m. Noon 6 p.m. Course Distance Wind and
weather
Steam Sail 
1 In S. Pacific Ocean F   °
63.3		 F   °
...		 F   °
61.2		 F   °
...		 °   '
31 30 S		 °   '
72 55 W		 N, 64° W ... 112 W by N 3 to 4
2 Ditto    Ditto 65.6 ... 62.3 ... 30 54 S 74 9 W N, 61° W ... 111 S 3
3 Ditto    Ditto 67.3 ... 63.5 ... 29 11 S 76 15 W N, 46° W ... 151 SSE 6
4 Ditto    Ditto 68.3 68.2 64.2 64 27 45 S 78 55 W N, 59° W ... 167 SE 3
5 Ditto    Ditto 71.8 69.3 66 65.3 26 54 S 80 48 W N, 63° W ... 113 SE 3
6 Ditto    Ditto 71.5 69.7 68 66 25 52 S 83 10 W N, 64° W ... 140 ESE 3
7 Ditto    Ditto 71 70 68.8 66.3 24 47 S 85 51 W N, 66° W ... 163 NE by E 3
8 Ditto    Ditto ... ... ... ... 23 47 S 86 58 W N, 46° W ... 107 NNW 2. Calms
9 Ditto    Ditto 72 72.3 68 68.2 21 28 S 88 27 W N, 31° W 144 18 ESE 4
10 Ditto    Ditto 72.3 72 74 69 19 12 S 89 48 W N, 29° W ... 166 E by S 6
11 Ditto    Ditto 73 71.3 69.5 68.8 17 19 S 91 42 W N, 44° W ... 156 ESE 6
12 Ditto    Ditto 73 72.3 71 70 16 53 S 94 43 W S, 82° W ... 178 ESE 4 to 6
13 Ditto    Ditto 74.3 73.2 71 70.5 16 56 S 98 17 W S, 89° W ... 215 ESE 7
14 Ditto    Ditto 73.5 73.8 71.3 71 17 6 S 102 11 W S, 87° W ... 217 E 6
15 Ditto    Ditto 76 76 72.8 71.7 16 44 S 105 57 W N, 86° W ... 217 ENE 6
16 Ditto    Ditto 77 75.8 73 73 17 0 S 109 16 W S, 85° W ... 199 ENE
17 Ditto    Ditto 77.8 77.5 76.2 75.0 17 16 S 112 0 W S, 84° W ... 159 E to N 5
18 Ditto    Ditto 79 77.8 75.2 73.5 16 18 S 114 52 W N, 70° W ... 173 E 5
19 Ditto    Ditto 79 78.2 78 76 15 38 S 117 52 W N, 77° W ... 180 ...
20 Ditto    Ditto 80.2 79.3 77 76.5 15 19 S 120 17 W N, 82° W ... 139 ENE 3
21 Ditto    Ditto 80 79 78 76.3 15 25 S 122 18 W S, 87° W ... 121 ENE 3 to 4
22 Ditto    Ditto 81 79.8 78.2 77 15 21 S 124 20 W N, 88° W ... 123 NE by E 3 to 4
23 Ditto    Ditto 81.2 80.2 78 77 15 4 S 126 40 W N, 83° W ... 141 NE 3
24 Ditto    Ditto 81 81 79.2 77 15 18 S 129 12 W S, 85° W ... 153 NNE 3
25 Ditto    Ditto 81 80.2 78 77.8 15 27 S 132 12 W S, 86° W 160 21 E 2
26 Ditto    Ditto 82.2 81.5 80.7 78.3 15 47 S 135 20 W ... 142 35 ESE 4
27 Ditto    Ditto 81 80.5 79 78 16 54 S 138 9 W ... 156 32 ...
28 Stopped at Bow Island.
Low Archipelago, for 3 hours		 81.8 81.6 80 79.6 17 55 S 140 43 W S, 56° W 20 148 ESE 4 to 5
29   ... ... 81.7 81 79.5 77 18 41 S 143 7 W ... 10 152 SE 4 to 5
30   ... ... 81.3 81 80 79.3 18 20 S 145 57 W N, 79° W ... 162 NE 4 to 5
  Average temperature for the month 76.3° 73.3°            
 
December 1876.
Dec. Remarks Temp. of water Temp. of air Latitude Longitude Since previous noon
Noon 6 p.m. Noon 6 p.m. Course Distance Wind and
weather
Steam Sail 
1 Landed at Maitea at 10 a.m.
Left at 3:30 p.m.		 F   °
...		 F   °
...		 F   °
...		 F   °
...		 °   '
17 53 S		 °   '
147 55 W		 W, ¼° N ... 139 NE 4 to 3
2 Arrived at Tahiti at 8 a.m. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17 98 NE to NW,
5 to a calm
8 Left Tahiti at 6 p.m. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
9   ... ... 82.3 82 80 79 15 28 S 149 24 W ... 101 24 ENE and E 5
10   ... ... 82.5 82 80.3 79 13 31 S 149 45 W N, 10° W ... 124 NE by E 3 to 7
11   ... ... 83.3 82.5 81 79.2 11 0 S 150 3 W ... ... 155 NE and NE 5
12   ... ... 83.6 81 79.4 79 9 10 S 149 48 W N, 8° W ... 151 NE 4 to 5
13   ... ... 83 82 80.2 78.5 5 34 S 150 45 W N, 15° W ... 224 NE 5
14 Crossed Equator at 4.30 a.m. 81.5 80 80 77.8 2 12 S 152 18 W N, 24° W ... 221 NE 5
15   ... ... 81.5 81 80.7 79 1 10 N 152 3 W N, 4° E ... 203 NE by E 5,
SE 6
16   ... ... 81.2 81 78.3 78 3 15 N 151 26 W N, 17° E 22 109 SE 5
17 To Hilo, 885 Miles 81.5 82.3 79.8 78.2 5 28 N 150 16 W N, 58° E 136 15 In Doldrums
18   ... ... 83 82 79.7 78 7 54 N 150 36 W , 11° W 48 105 NE 5 to 7
19   ... ... 81 80 77.5 77 10 22 N 152 37 W , 22° W ... 160 ...
20   ... ... 79.5 79 77.3 77 13 43 N 152 43 W N, 18° W ... 212 NE 7
21   ... ... 78.2 78 74 73.8 16 28 N 153 28 W N, 5° W 26 145 Lost NE
Trades in
heavy
showers
22 Arrived at Hilo, Hawaii, at 3.30 p.m. 77.2 ... 74.5 ... 19 44 N 155 4 W N, 25° W 202 38 ...
26 Left Hilo at 5.15 p.m. ... 77.8 ... 74.3 ... ... ... ... ... ...
27 Arrived at Honolulu, Oahu, at 5.15 p.m. 78 ... 76 ... 20 42 N 157 20 W Various 200 ... ...
  Average temperature for the month 80.1° 78.4°                
 
January 1877.
Jan. Remarks Temp. of water Temp. of air Latitude Longitude Since previous noon
Noon 6 p.m. Noon 6 p.m. Course Distance Wind and
weather
Steam Sail 
3 Left Honolulu at 5 p.m. F   °
...		 F   °
...		 F   °
...		 F   °
...		 °   '
...		 °   '
...		 ... ... ... ENE 4
4   ... ... 78.2 77.8 78.1 76 20 10 N 159 50 W S, 59° W 65 70 E by S 6 to 8
5   ... ... 78 77.7 76.8 76.6 20 4 N 164 5 W W ... 240 SE by S 8
6   ... ... 79.3 78.1 78.5 77.8 20 3 N 168 53 W W ... 253 S by E 7 to 9
7   ... ... 79 77 74.2 74 19 31 N 169 35 W S, 60° W ... 120 N ½, W 9
8   ... ... 78.2 77.8 73.2 71.5 17 15 N 173 8 W S, 59° W ... 244 N by E 9
9   ... ... 79.8 78 74 71.7 16 44 N 177 15 W S, 82° W ... 240 E by S 2
10   ... ... 79.8 79.5 76 74.2 17 15 N 179 6 W N, 74° W 20 92 Calms
11 180° longitude ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
12   ... ... 80.2 80 77.8 75.5 17 16 N 178 28 E W 102 38 S by E 4
13   ... ... 80.3 79.8 78.2 75.2 17 19 N 176 29 E W ... 115 NE 3
14 To Yokohama, 2,700 miles 80 79.8 75.2 75 16 1 N 173 25 E S, 66° W 98 96 NNE 10
15   ... ... 80.2 80 73.8 73.5 16 2 N 168 15 E W ... 298 NE 9
16   ... ... 80.1 79.7 75 74.2 16 38 N 163 47 E N, 82° W ... 260 ENE 7
17   ... ... 79 78.2 76 75 17 3 N 159 37 E N, 84° W ... 240 ENE 6
18   ... ... 79.8 79 76 75.2 17 36 N 155 40 E N, 82° W ... 229 ENE 4
19   ... ... 79 78.4 77 75.2 18 16 N 153 11 E N, 74° W ... 148 NNE 2
20   ... ... 79.2 78 76 75 18 57 N 150 23 E N, 75° W 151 13 N by W 3
21   ... ... 78.2 77.2 73.5 72.3 19 36 N 147 19 E N, 77° W 128 50 N by W to
NNW 4 to 5
22   ... ... 77.5 76.3 67.5 66 20 7 N 144 5 E N, 81° W ... 185 NNE 8 to 7
23   ... ... 71 70 62.5 61.5 21 52 N 141 39 E N, 52° W ... 172 NNE 5 to 3
24   ... ... 68.5 68 61.5 59.2 23 33 N 139 29 E N, 50° W ... 158 NE 7 to 6
25   ... ... 68 67.8 59 59 26 12 N 138 10 E N, 24° W ... 174 ESE 3
26   ... ... 65.5 64.5 61 59.5 29 23 N 137 33 E N, 10° W 100 94 W 9 to 10
27   ... ... 63.5 64.2 51.5 51 30 59 N 137 49 E N, 8 E ... 94 NWly 3 to 4
28   ... ... 64 63.2 48.2 46 32 40 N 138 35 E N, 21° E ... 108 W by N 7
29 Arrived at Yokohama at 3.30 p.m. 63 52 ... 41.2 ... ... Various 60 121 Gale
  Average temperature for the month 76.8° 69.7°                
February 1877.
Feb. Remarks Temp. of water Temp. of air Latitude Longitude Since previous noon
Noon 6 p.m. Noon 6 p.m. Course Distance Wind and
weather
Steam Sail 
2 Left Yokohama at 6.30 p.m. F   °
...		 F   °
...		 F   °
...		 F   °
...		 °   '
...		 °   '
...
Various;
steering
along
the
South
Coast
of
Japan		 ... ... ...
3   ... ... 53 52 41.2 41 ... ... 122 ... NW 3
4 Arrived at Kobe at 7 p.m. 58 46 40 35.5 ... ... 178 ... NNE 9
12 Left Kobe at 6 a.m. and returned at 2 p.m. ... ... ... ... ... ... 40 ... ...
15 Left Kobe at 4.30 a.m. and anchored at
Ino Ura at 8.30 p.m.		 46.1 45 33 32.5 ... ... 90 ... W 9
16 Left Ino Ura at 5 a.m. 49.5 50 39 37.5 ... ... 110 ... ...
17 Anchored off Isaki lighthouse at 4 a.m.
Left the anchorage at 8.30 a.m. and
arrived at Simoneseki at 11 a.m.		 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 50 ... ...
19 Left Simoneseki at 8.30 a.m. 44.2 58 34 41.3 ... ... ... 40 ... ...
20   ... ... 64 61 51 46.5 31 16 N 131 54 E ... 64 127 NW by W 9
to 6
21   ... ... 69 67 60 59.5 29 7 N 129 49 E SW 183 ... Calm
22   ... ... 68.2 62 67 62 28 13 N 125 53 E WSW 13 208 ESE
23   ... ... 67.3 65.5 65.2 64.2 27 14 N 123 3 E S, 63° W ... 178 SE
24   ... ... 55 55 51.8 49 25 0 N 119 35 E ... 34 183 NE 7 to 10
25   ... ... 61 ... 56.5 ... 22 35 N 115 38 E ... ... 288 NE 10 to 6
26 Arrived at Hongkong at 8 a.m. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 61 29 ...
  Average temperature for the month 56.5° 48°                
 
March 1877.
Mar. Remarks Temp. of water Temp. of air Latitude Longitude Since previous noon
Noon 6 p.m. Noon 6 p.m. Course Distance Wind and
weather
Steam Sail 
2 Left Hongkong at 7 a.m. Arrived at
Macao at 1.30 p.m. Left at 6.30 p.m.		 F   °
...		 F   °
64.5		 F   °
...		 F   °
64.3		 °   '
...		 °   '
...		 ... 45 ... ...
8   ... ... 72.5 72.2 72.3 70 20 5 N 113 28 E ... 136 ... ...
9   ... ... 73.8 72 72 68 18 0 N 113 6 E S 48 79 E 3
10   ... ... 78 76.8 73 71.8 15 40 N 113 48 E SSE 20 128 NE 3
11   ... ... 78 78.2 75.5 74.3 13 45 N 112 1 E SW by W ... 155 NE 4
12   ... ... 79 78 76.4 76 11 29 N 110 32 E S, 35° W ... 170 NE 4
13   ... ... 77.7 77.5 78 75.7 9 34 N 108 33 E S, 46° W ... 171 NE 4
14   ... ... 78 77.7 77.6 76.3 7 34 N 107 3 E SW by S ... 150 NE 3 to 4
15   ... ... 79.5 79 78 77 4 46 N 106 16 E S by W, ½° W ... 176 NE 4
16   ... ... 80 80 78 76.3 2 51 N 104 43 E SW, ½° S ... 150 NE 3 to 4
17 Arrived at Singapore at 8 a.m. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 63 72 NE 3 to 4
18 Left Singapore at 3 p.m. and
arrived at Johore at 8 p.m.		 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
19 Left Johore at 4 a.m. ... 83.2 ... 79.7 ... ... ... 36 ... Calms and
light airs
from NE
20 Arrived at Malacca at 8 a.m.;
left at 11.30a.m.		 ... 83.2 ... 79.5 ... ... ... 130 ...
21   ... ... 88 ... 80.5 ... 4 4 N 100 30 E ... 170 ...
22 Arrived at Penang at 8 a.m.
left at 10 p.m.		 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 99 ...
23   ... ... 83.8 84.5 88.2 81 5 55 N 98 39 E ... 109 ... ...
24   ... ... 84.2 84 82 79 6 10 N 95 5 E ... 212 ... ...
25   ... ... 85 84 84.2 80 6 26 N 91 41 E ... 208 ... ...
26   ... ... 85.2 84 86 81.5 6 25 N 88 25 E ... 198 ... ...
27   ... ... 86 84.2 87 79 6 4 N 85 3 E ... 203 ... ...
28   ... ... 85.2 ... 83 ... 5 33 N 81 29 E ... 218 ... ...
29 Arrived at Point de Galle at 7 a.m.
left at 9.30 p.m.		 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 85 ... ...
30 Arrived at Colombo at 11 a.m. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 90 ... ...
  Average temperature for the month 79.4° 78.2°                
 
April 1877.
April Remarks Temp. of water Temp. of air Latitude Longitude Since previous noon
Noon 6 p.m. Noon 6 p.m. Course Distance Wind and
weather
Steam Sail 
5 Left Colombo Ceylon, at 1.30 p.m. F   °
...		 F   °
85.5		 F   °
...		 F   °
80.8		 °   '
...		 °   '
...		 ... ... ... ...
6   ... ... 85.8 85 83 80.6 7 26 N 77 10 E N, 81° W 165 ... W 1
7   ... ... 86 85 81 78.3 7 31 N 74 7 E N, 88° W 190 ... N 2
8   ... ... 85.8 84.5 81.3 79 8 16 N 70 31 E W 216 ... N 4 to 3
9   ... ... 86 85 79 78 8 50 N 66 59 E W by N 213 ... Calm
10   ... ... 85 83.5 81 78.5 9 38 N 63 32 E N, 77° W 210 ... NE 1 to 2
11   ... ... 83.6 82.5 83 79 10 27 N 60 1 E ... 214 ... ENE 2
12   ... ... 83.8 82.6 82.2 79 11 14 N 56 30 E ... 213 ... ENE 3 to 4
13   ... ... 83.5 82.3 82.5 80 11 38 N 52 57 E N, 83° W 210 ... ...
14   ... ... 83.2 82 82.8 80 12 33 N 49 43 E ... 198 ... E 4
15 Arrived at Aden at 10p.m. 82.8 82 81 79 12 55 N 46 17 E N, 84° W 203 ... ...
16 Left Aden at 7 p.m. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 80 ... ...
17 Off Island of Perim 82.8 82 83 81.7 ... ... ... ... 105 ...
18   ... ... 82 82.2 83.4 81.5 16 13 N 41 27 E ... ... 230 S 5
19   ... ... 82.5 82 84 83 18 13 N 40 7 E ... 29 116 ...
20   ... ... 83.5 82 84 83.6 20 39 N 38 30 E N, 33° W 149 22 Calms
21   ... ... 86.2 82.3 83.5 82.8 23 33 N 36 50 E N, 30° W 190 ... ...
22   ... ... 78.3 75 82 76 26 18 N 34 55 E ... 200 ... ...
23   ... ... 75.5 74 71.5 74.5 27 13 N 34 5 E NNW 80 ... ...
24   ... ... 71.3 70.2 71.5 74 28 16 N 33 16 E ... 89 27 ...
25 Arrived at Suez at 6 p.m. 70 ... 71.5 ... ... ... ... 22 51 ...
26 Left Suez at 9 a.m. Arrived at Ismailia
at 7.15 p.m.		 76.5 70 88 83.6 ... ... ... 50 ... ...
27 Left Ismailia at 8 a.m. Arrived at Port
Said at 5.30 p.m. left at 9.30 p.m.		 76.7 ... 90 ... ... ... Working to
windward
under steam
and sail		 50 ... ...
28   ... ... 66.3 64.2 66 64 ... ... 174 ... WNW 5
29 Arrived at Alexandria at 4.30 a.m. ... ... ... ... ... ... 117 ... WNW 9 to 7
  Average temperature for the month 82.3 78              
 
May 1877.
May Remarks Temp. of water Temp. of air Latitude Longitude Since previous noon
Noon 6 p.m. Noon 6 p.m. Course Distance Wind and
weather
Steam Sail 
2 Left Alexandria at 4.30 a.m F   °
68		 F   °
65.2		 F   °
70		 F   °
64.5		 °   '
...		 °   '
...		 WNW 28 2 Calm a.m.
3   ... ... 64 64 65.2 64.3 32 30 N 28 39 E N, 30° W 32 80 Fresh to
strong NW
winds
4   ... ... 63.8 63.5 64.2 64 34 35 N 28 48 E N, 3° E ... 146 NW 7
5   ... ... 65 64 66 64.2 34 48 N 27 13 E W, ½° S 63 61 NW 7&calms
6   ... ... 63 62.2 66.2 64 34 54 N 23 11 E W 125 75 ESE 7 & calms
7   ... ... 63.6 63 64.3 63.6 35 51 N 19 48 E N, 82° W 46 130 ESE 2
8 Arrived at Malta at 6 p.m. 64 63 64.5 66.2 35 57 N 15 12 E W 199 16 N 4 to 7
10 Left Malta at 8.15 a.m. 64 63 67 66.5 ... ... Various 20 5 S 2 to 1
11   ... ... 67 64 70 66 37 20 N 10 24 E ... 186 7 SE&calm
12   ... ... 64.5 64 69 68.5 37 32 N 6 32 E WNW 192 ... ...
13   ... ... 63 63 67 66 37 7 N 3 3 E S, 82° E 173 ... SW by W 5
to 6
14   ... ... 64 63.2 66.3 65 36 50 N 0 20 E W, ½° S 163 ... ...
15   ... ... 62 62.3 66.2 66 36 31 N 3 43 W W, ½° N 128 35 SE 5
16 Arrived at Gibraltar at 6:30 a.m.
left at 7.30 p.m.		 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 48 26 ...
17   ... ... 67 67 68.2 69 36 27 N 7 58 W Various 10 130 E 8; calm
18 Arrived at Lisbon at 6.30 p.m. 64 ... 63.8 ... 38 27 N 9 26 W ... 144 6 NNE 5
19 Left Lisbon at 5 p.m., and anchored
off Fort St. Julien at 9.15 p.m.		 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 40 ... NNE 7
20 Left anchorage at 5 a.m. 61.5 64 64 65 39 13 N 9 32 W ... 60 ... N 6
21   ... ... 60.8 59 61 63.5 41 36 N 9 7 W ... 145 ... ...
22   ... ... 56.5 57 55.5 56.3 43 13 N 10 8 W N, 22° W 54 86 NE 9
23   ... ... 58 57 57 56 45 5 N 11 0 W N, 16° W ... 120 NE 7 to 5
24   ... ... 56 55 55 54.3 46 40 N 8 41 W ... 149 9 NE 3 to 5
25   ... ... 55 ... 54 ... 48 42 N 6 5 W ... 160 ... NE 3 to 4
26 Arrived at Cowes at 1 p.m. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 230 ... ...
27 Hastings 1.30 a.m.                    
  Average temperature for the month 65° 65.1°                

 

 

When we finally sailed from Cowes, on July 6, 1876, the list of persons on board the yacht was as follows:—