We crossed the Tropic this morning, if our route did not extend further, Neptune would here celebrate the aweful ceremonies of the Equator. The weather is beautiful, & very little hotter than the middle of our summer: we have all put on our light clothes; what a contrast one fortnight has brought about as compared to the miserable wet weather of Plymouth.
There was a glorious sunset this evening & is now followed by an
equally fine moonlight night. I do not think I ever before saw the
sun set in a clear horizon. I certainly never remarked the marvellous
rapidity with which the disk after having touched the ocean dips behind
it.
I proved today the utility of a contrivance which will afford me many hours of amusement & work. it is a bag four feet deep, made of bunting, & attached to semicircular bow this by lines is kept upright, & dragged behind the vessel. this evening it brought up a mass of small animals, & tomorrow I look forward to a greater harvest.
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