1839 August Saturday 10	Invalided poor old Thomas our Martin; PM arrived a French line of battle ships an Austrian brig. Of war.
Sunday 11	About 5pm the Austrian brig of war sailed.
Monday 12	AM arrived HMS Dido & Hazzard; engaged nearly all day writing an immensely long letter to Sarah Willes,foolscap paper, every particle of it crossed.
Tuesday 13	Writing various letters to by the Hazzard.
Wednesday 14 Thursday 15	Nothing going on in this superlatively dull place, not a soul to speak to but ones own messmates & perhaps a stray friend or acquaintance from one of the other ships; and however extraordinary it may appear I have not seen a single petticoat since I left Malta but such as were worn by the male part of the community