Francis MacDonald Journal * Facsimile and Transcription
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on the passage out. The steamer <"Hercules"> towed us to Lam- lash and left us at 5 was very light, and what was of it was against us. So we had just to tack about between Arran19 [and] the Ayrshire20 coast till about two o'clock a.m. About 10 twelve o'clock the second mate fell overboard. He had been on the bowsprit21 and let go his hold. A rope was thrown him which he caught [and] was taken on 15 board again. He was a little tipsy. During our tacks22 I got a fine view of the towns on the Aryshire coast, viz: Ayr, Irvine, Saltcoats, Troon, 20 Andropinate besides a number of castle ruins.23 I also saw Kingarth [and] Milport, two places dear to me because they had [End of Page 5]
| NOTES:18.19. The Isle of Arran is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde, which is a coastal body of water on the southwestern coast of Scotland. 20. Aryshire is a county in southwest Scotland. Its coast is located on the Firth of Clyde. 21. The bowsprit of a sailing vessel is a pole extending forward from the vessel's bow. 22. 23. | |||
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