15th June. The wind quite fair & the ship making little or no motion. The weather quite delightful, & warm; we put up the awning for the first time. It is extremely hot in bed, with great difficulty can allow the blankets to cover me. Soon after breakfast saw a Brig to the Leeward, & made her a signal which she answered, and immediately after saw a Schooner ahead, she hove to, and we spoke to each other; she was from [?] bound for London & promised to report us on her arrival; her name was the “Express” of Newcastle. We were then in Longitude 15.30.