Diary of a voyage on the sailing ship Alfred from Sydney to Plymouth in 1864. The author had been matron on the ship Severn, Plymouth to Sydney in 1863, and this passage was paid as part of her salary on that voyage. She describes a baby dying, and she writes a poem about him; a sailor jumped overboard to escape, but he was picked up and punished; sharing a cabin with a Roman Catholic girl who she tries to convert; passtimes; icebergs seen; Valentines day; rounding the Horn; ships seen; birthdays; distances travelled; Good Friday and hot cross buns; April fools day; throwing hats overboard as a custom to get a fair wind to spring up; arrival in Plymouth.
