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June
to keep the land in sight until towards evening, when it blew very hard & the sea began to swell so we had to put further out to sea for safety. By 10 p.m. it was frightfully rough & the ship was tossing & pitching a lot. The following day the sea had calmed down a lot but it is still very rough. At about noon we sighted the Coast of Victoria which we kept in sight until night.
At 2 a.m. we were all woke up by the sound of the ships syren. The noise caused a bit of a scramble among some of the men, who thought it was a signal to come up on deck with life belts on & stand at their boat stations. It turned out later to be the call for the Pilot to come out & take charge of the ship going through the rip & in the harbour.
It was rather rough going through the Rip, the ship rolled & creaked a good