=13th January.=—Lat. 42° 58′ N., long. 14° 24′ W. Wind S.E. Distance 286 miles. It is a week to-day since we left Liverpool and considering that we had two days of contrary winds, two days of calms we have made a very favourable run from the land. =15th January.=—Lat. 39° 42′ N., long. 19° 25′ W. Wind S.S.E. Distance 202 miles. Ship going 13 knots close-hauled; in the morning we passed a ship outward bound with topgallant sails in, while we were carrying three royals and main skysail. _20th January._—Lat. 30° 37′ N., long. 19° 24′ W. Wind variable. Distance 130 miles. At 10 a.m. we sighted a steamer on weather bow, homeward bound. In a moment the tables were covered with writing desks. At 11 o’clock we neared her and found she was the General Screw Co.’s Steamship _Calcutta_ from Australia bound to Southampton, 69 days out from Melbourne. We sent a boat to her with a bag of letters. =21st January.=—Lat. 29° 51′ N., long. 19° 56′ W. Wind S.S.W. At 5 p.m. passed a large ship of war with two tiers of guns supposed to be H.M.S. _Monarch_, bound for the Pacific with Admiral Bruce, to replace the unfortunate Admiral Price, who shot himself before the attack on Petropaulovski. =24th January.=—Lat. 24° 24′ N., long. 19° 37′ W. Took the N.E. trades, very light. =26th January.=—Lat. 22° 07′ N., long. 20° 45′ W. Wind N.E., ship running 7 knots with smooth sea. A swing was put up on the poop to-day for the amusement of the ladies. =31st January.=—Lat. 8° 48′ N., long 22° 7′ W. Wind N.N.E. Distance 130 miles. At 8 p.m. the ship was thrown into instant confusion by the cry of “man overboard.” The ship was quickly rounded to, the two quarter boats lowered away and after 10 minutes of intense anxiety a hearty cheer announced that they had found him. The man, who was a second intermediate passenger, could not swim but was kept up by a life-buoy. =1st February.=—Lat. 5° 45′ N., long. 21° 50′ W. Wind N.E. Distance 180 miles. Ship running 12 knots before a fresh gale with light sails in. At noon the ship was again thrown into a state of alarm by the cry of “man overboard.” A sailor named John Benson, a Swede, had fallen from the jibboom. Lifebuoys were thrown to him and the two boats quickly lowered, but the wind blew strong, the sea ran high with rain and mist so that it was impossible to see any distance and after pulling for nearly an hour they returned with the sad report that they could see nothing of him. =3rd February.=—Crossed the equator at 10 p.m. in 23° 9′ W., 28 days out from Liverpool and 23 from Land’s End. Took the S.E. trade and lost the favourable north wind this morning. =9th February.=—Lat. 18° 15′ S., long. 34° 46′ W. Wind S.E. Distance 308 miles. This is the best day’s work since we left; indeed it is the only chance our noble ship has had of displaying her sailing qualities.