South Africa & India.- 3 diaries kept by a doctor on board SS Warrior, SS Bladworth & SS Good Hope on voyages to South Africa and India, 3 vol., manuscripts, a few small pen and ink sketches, 1872-73.

South Africa & India.- 3 diaries kept by a doctor on board SS Warrior, SS Bladworth & SS Good Hope on voyages to South Africa and India, 3 vol., manuscripts, together 2 titles and c. 375pp. excluding blanks, a few small pen and ink sketches of coasts (including Gibraltar), slightly browned, original morocco, gilt, 8vo, 1872-73.

⁂ A highly observant and lively set of diaries by a ship's doctor voyaging from London to Cape Town (calling at Tenerife and Madeira), and London to Calcutta (calling at Malta, Port Said, Aden, Colombo and Kandy). The doctor compiles acerbic notes on his fellow passengers, "Capt. Mason. Mrs Mason - Misses (2). A family at loggerheads. Father - Fussy & meddlesome to a degree - bothering everybody on board ship out of their lives... ."

East London, South Africa on SS Bladworth. "The coxswain of of one of the lighters was quite drunk & had to be stowed away under the hatches twice, but could not be kept down. About 11.30 he was caught by a rope secured to the ship & jerked violently overboard - the rope caught him under the chin & apparently cut his throat as blood was seen across his throat - he was then jammed between the ship & the boat & floated dead... ."

"Ceylon [Sri Lanka]... After dinner... strolled out to see the temple of the sacred tooth. This is supposed to be one of Buddha's teeth, it is held in great veneration & worshipped - & the shrine it is placed in is of inestimable value - containing emeralds, rubies &c of immense size. The Buddhists are very superstitious here - on the top of Adam's Peak they have a temple wherein is supposed to be an imprint of Buddha's foot when he stepped on to the island of Ceylon. The Kandy temple is full of grotesque carvings both internally & externally - elephants - snakes &c all objects of worship."