March 1821 – Page 2 – The Journal of Louisa Lushington, 1821-1822

Monday, March 19th 1821

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Gibraltar (wind due Wt)

Sunday, March 18th 1821

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Anchored in Gibraltar Bay

Gibraltar

Saturday, March 17th 1821

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Cape de Gatte, on the way to Gibraltar

Cape de Gatte

Friday, March 16th 1821

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An explanation of life on board the HMS Active

Thursday, March 15th 1821

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Piano rustling

Xàbia

Cape San Antonio

Wednesday, March 14th 1821

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Shark stories

Majorca

Marker on Majorca, with Ibiza just to the South-West

Tuesday, March 13th 1821

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Porpoises and grampuses!

Grampus (Picture credit: marinemammalscience.org)

Monday, March 12th 1821

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Across the Gulf of Lyons

Sunday, March 11th 1821

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Fun and games on deck

Nice

In the entry for 12th March (spoiler!) Louisa writes “yesterday Nice was visible with the glass”.

Saturday, March 10th 1821

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A view of the Alps

Mont-Blanc

It’s impossible to know precisely which of the Alps Louisa would have seen, but the map shows the distance across landmass the ‘glass’ (telescope) would have been able to show the crew and passengers of the HMS Active.