Sunday, 29th June.—Lat. 43° 36′ S., long. 50° 07′ E. Distance 312 miles.
Monday, 30th June.—Lat. 44° 02′ S., long. 56° 35′ E. Distance 281 miles.
Tuesday, 1st July.—Lat. 44° 39′ S., long. 63° 27′ E. Distance 298 miles.
Wednesday, 2nd July.—Lat. 45° 07′ S., long. 70° 55′ E. Distance 319 miles.
Thursday, 3rd July.—Lat. 45° 07′ S., long. 79° 55′ E. Distance 382 miles. Her run to-day has been only once surpassed since she floated.
Friday, 4th July.—Lat. 45° 07′ S., long. 88° 30′ E. Distance 364 miles. Our week’s work of 2188 miles has been the best the Lightning has ever accomplished.
Friday, 11th July.—Lat. 45° 47′ S., long. 128° 25′ E. Distance 326 miles. During the night our speed averaged 16 knots an hour. At 4 p.m., split our mainsail and carried away two jibs.
Monday, 14th July.—This morning at 7 a.m. our ears were saluted with the welcome sounds of “Land Ho!” At 8 a.m. we had a fine view of Cape Otway Lighthouse. As the depth of water on the bar was not sufficient to enable us to proceed up the Bay, we came to anchor under the lee of the land. We found the Champion of the Seas anchored at some little distance from us, waiting for a favourable wind to proceed to sea. Sailing time from port to port, 68 days 10 hours.
Melbourne to Liverpool.
Wednesday, 27th August.—By 10 a.m. we were fairly underweigh. On approaching the mouth of the Bay a farewell salute of six guns was fired. The wind dropped and we were obliged to anchor inside Port Phillip Heads at 6 p.m.