( 020 ) July 3rd, 1838.
Today the sun passed through our zenith(31) and will be in our north from now on. Whether we will ever see them again in their old, well-known position in the south is very much a question.

July 5th, 1838.
I had long been very curious to see flying fish(32), and today my curiosity was completely satisfied when we saw a large number of them. But they were neither in size nor in color as I had imagined them; They were no larger than a thrush and completely white, their flight was rapid and about 50-100 feet long. As soon as their wings become dry, they cannot go any further but have to go underwater, which is what makes their flight so short.

July 6th, 1838.
After having seen nothing but sky and water for a long time, today we saw, for a pleasant change, a Liverpool ship; By signaling with the flags, first the name of the ship was discovered on both sides, then the place of departure and destination, whereupon our captain added that we were all fine.

July 7th, 1838. Saturday.
It had been very warm all week, as we passed through the Tropic of Cancer(33) and therefore had the sun at its apex; However, the last day exceeded all previous ones in terms of oppressive heat and humidity. We then had to consider it a great blessing that in the afternoon there were a few strong local rain showers, which wetted and cooled the dry ( 021 ) hot foredeck a little and refreshed everyone. In fact, this cooling came at the right time, because there was already general complaint among the children about body aches and the doctor said that he was very afraid that red dysentery(34) would break out.

July 8th, 1838. Sunday.
The service today was held in the same way as last Sunday, namely in the morning the prayers were read along with the biblical passages, and in the afternoon a short sermon was added to these, which I usually read.

July 12th, 1838.
we caught up with a ship bound for Calcutta; As insignificant as the mention of such a circumstance may seem, for us it was an important change from the eternal monotony.

July 15th, 1838. Sunday.
Worship is being neglected more and more; some, especially those who claim to be very zealous Christians, say outright that it is just a form, even a mockery. Of course this neglect and contempt for corporate worship arises from the fact that so many belong to sects that differ from the [Anglican] Church, but this is precisely where the rotten reason becomes clear, which is based on nothing but pride and