Pages from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Departing Sri Lanka 6.4.1877.

Sunbeam, departing #SriLanka 6.4.1877. "I have not been able to keep my mind from running incessantly on Sir Emerson Tennent's delightful book on Ceylon, which describes places we have not ourselves visited, but which I wanted very much to see, & I have been so interested.." #Brassey #History #1870s

Pages and map from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Departing Colombo, Sri Lanka 5.4.1877.

Sunbeam #Colombo #SriLanka 5.4.1877. "The heat was intense, & there was a roll...made me feel very uncomfortable...no wind all the afternoon, & the sun sank into the sea, glorious & golden, as we took our last look at the lovely island of Ceylon, the land of spice & fragrance & beauty." #Brassey

Page and map from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Kuching, Malaysia 4.4.1887.

Sunbeam #Kuching #Malaysia 4.4.1887. "I was just in time to catch sight of the rat, whose presence...has only been recently detected, scuttling off in the bright moonlight. He must have been tempted from his lair on the top of the deck-house, by the fragrant smell of the new pineapples..." #Brassey

Pages from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Kuching, Malaysia 4.4.1887.

Sunbeam #Kuching #Malaysia 4.4.1887. "..we reached Quop, the highest point to which large vessels can ascend from the sea. Here we quitted the 'Adeh,' & took all the party, including the two Dyaks - who were very much astonished, & I think rather frightened - on board the Sunbeam to tea..." #Brassey

Pages from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Kuching, Malaysia 4.4.1887.

Sunbeam #Kuching #Malaysia 4.4.1887. "A long narrow room over the market is used as the museum...We were shown one of the ingenious air-compressing tubes which have been used by natives for hundred of years past to produce fire...there is nothing new under the sun." #Brassey #Travel #History #1880s

"The Haunted Library.
Hastings Library can be found in Claremont & is known as the Brassey Institute.
...he thought it was just the light filtering through the window...but then a ball of light glided gracefully up the staircase."
From "Haunted Hastings" by Tina Brown, 2006.
#PhantomsFriday #Brassey

Pages and map from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka 3.4.1877.

Sunbeam #NuwaraEliya #SriLanka 3.4.1877. "The land-leeches, which abound...are a great plague...It rained last night, and I was specially cautioned not to go on the grass or to pick flowers, as these horrid creatures fix on to one's ankle or arm...everybody seems to dread and dislike them." #Brassey

Pages and map from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka 2.4.1877.

Sunbeam #NuwaraEliya #SriLanka 2.4.1877. "I was now so tired, & had grown so accustomed to hairbreadth escapes, that, however near we went to the edge of the precipice, I did not feel capable of jumping out, but sat still & watched listlessly, wondering whether we should really go over..." #Brassey

Pages and map from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Kandy, Sri Lanka 1.4.1877.

Sunbeam #Kandy #SriLanka 1.4.1877. "I awoke before daylight...the light gradually creeping over the trees, landscape, & garden, & the sun rising glorious from behind the distant mountains, shining brightly into the garden, drawing out a thousand fresh fragrances from every leaf & flower." #Brassey

Pages and map from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Kandy, Sri Lanka 31.3.1877.

Sunbeam #Kandy #SriLanka 31.3.1877. "After dinner we adjourned once more to the verandah to watch the dancing fireflies the lightning & the heavy thunderclouds & enjoy the cool evening breeze. You in England who have never been in the tropics cannot appreciate the intense delight of that.." #Brassey

Pages and map from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Colombo, Sri Lanka 30.3.1877.

Sunbeam #Colombo #SriLanka 30.3.1877. "It rained heavily during the night, and we were obliged to sleep in the deck-house instead of on deck. At daylight all was again bright and beautiful, and the cocoanut-clad coast of Ceylon looked most fascinating in the early morning light." #Brassey #1870s

Pages and map from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Galle, Sri Lanka 29.3.1877.

Sunbeam #Galle #SriLanka 29.3.1877. "The picturesque town, with its old buildings, & the white surf dashing in among the splendid cocoa-trees which grow down to the water's edge, combined to make up a charming picture...The drive was delightful, & the vegetation more beautiful..." #Brassey #1870s

Page and map from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Sri Lanka 28.3.1887.

Sunbeam #SriLanka 28.3.1877. "At midnight the wind was slightly ahead, and we could distinctly smell the fragrant breezes and spicy odours of Ceylon...If only the interior is as beautiful as what we can see from the deck of the yacht, my expectations will be fully realised..." #Brassey #1870s

Pages and map from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Bay of Bengal 27.3.1887.

Sunbeam, Bay of Bengal 27.3.1887. "The evening looked dull, but the sky was occasionally lighted up by flashes of the most brilliant lightning. The sea was so full of phosphorescence that when Baby & I had our ante-prandial 'hose' our bathing-dresses glistened beautifully." #Brassey #History #1880s

Page and map from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Bay of Bengal 27.3.1877.

Sunbeam, Bay of Bengal 27.3.1877. "It required a great effort to do anything, except before sunrise or after sunset, owing to the intense heat; and when one is not feeling well it makes exertion still more difficult...the heat below is simply unbearable...mattresses are brought up on deck." #Brassey

Pages and map from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Bay of Bengal 26.3.1887.

Sunbeam, Bay of Bengal 26.3.1887. "The day proved intensely hot & steamy...Lightning flashed & gleamed on all sides, & the air felt sulphurous & suffocatingly oppressive...a heavy squall of wind, accompanied by thunder, lightning & rain, which obliged us to close all ports & skylights." #Brassey

Pages and map from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Bay of Bengal, 26.3.1877.

Sunbeam, Bay of Bengal 26.3.1877. "The sun appeared to rise even fiercer & hotter...I have been very anxious for the last few days about Baby...Muriel has been bitten all over by mosquitoes, & Mabelle has also suffered from heat-rash. Just now every little ailment suggests small-pox..." #Brassey

Page and map from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Bay of Bengal 25.3.1877.

Sunbeam, Bay of Bengal 25.3.1877. "Hotter than ever...Tom set the example of leaving off collars, coats, & waistcoats; so shirts & trousers are now the order of the day. The children wear grass-cloth pinafores...I find my Tahitian & Hawaiian dresses invaluable: they are really cool..." #Brassey

Pages and map from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Bay of Bengal 24.3.1877.

Sunbeam, Bay of Bengal 24.3.1877. Another flat calm. The after-forecastle, having been battened down and fumigated for the last 72 hours, was today opened, and its contents brought up on deck, some to be thrown overboard, and others to be washed with carbolic acid." #Brassey #Travel #History #1870s

Pages and map from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Penang, Malaysia 23.3.1877.

Sunbeam #Penang #Malaysia 23.3.1877. "A broiling day...people on board are very unwell, and the engineer is really ill. It is depressing to speculate what would become of us if anything went wrong in the engine-room...At last even I know what it is to be too hot, and am quite knocked up..." #Brassey

Pages from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Penang, Malaysia 22.3.1877.

Sunbeam #Penang #Malaysia 22.3.1877. "As the sun rose in raging fierceness, the sky cleared, & became of a deep, clear, transparent blue. The island of Penang is very beautiful, expecially in the early morning light...as we approached Georgetown...we passed many steamers & sailing ships..." #Brassey

Page and maps from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Penang, Malaysia 21.3.1877.

Sunbeam #Penang #Malaysia 21.3.1877. "During the night we had heavy thunderstorms. About 11am we passed a piece of drift-wood with a bird perched on the top, presenting a most curious effect. Several of the men on board mistook it for the back fin of a large shark...5pm we made...Penang." #Brassey

Pages and map from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Malacca, Malaysia 20.3.1877.

Sunbeam #Malacca #Malaysia 20.3.1877. "..Doctor..announced..that one of our men was suffering from small-pox..a large proportion object to..vaccination..One..had promised his grandfather that he would never be vaccinated..another would consent to be inoculated, but would not be vaccinated." #Brassey

Pages from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Singapore 18.3.1877.

Sunbeam #Singapore 18.3.1877. "We tasted many fruits new to us - delicious mangosteens, lacas & other fruits...Lastly, we tried a durian, the fruit of the East, as it is called by people who live here, & having got over the first horror of the onion-like odour, we found it by no means bad." #Brassey

Pages from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Yangon, Myanmar 17.3.1887.

Sunbeam #Yangon #Myanmar 17.3.1887. "The drive back to Rangoon through the Dalhousie Park & Gardens, once the appanage of a royal palace, was perfectly delightful. It was rather late, & there was consequently a great rush to dress on board & get back to shore in time to dine..." #Brassey #1880s

Pages from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Yangon, Myanmar 17.3.1887.

Sunbeam #Yangon #Myanmar 17.3.1887. "The avenue leading to the Shway Dagohu Pagoda is guarded at the entrance by two enormous statues of bylus, or monsters, erected to propitiate the evil spirits; bylus & nats being to the Burmese very much what demons & devils are to us." #Brassey #History #1880s

Pages from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Yangon, Myanmar 17.3.1887.

Sunbeam #Yangon #Myanmar 17.3.1887. "The government pilot came on board at 6am, & we at once got up the anchor & proceeded under steam up the branch of the Irrawady called the Rangoon River, leading to the town of that name." #Brassey #Victorian #Travel #History #1880s

Pages and map from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Singapore 17.3.1877.

Sunbeam #Singapore 17.3.1877. "The drive from the wharf was full of beauty, novelty, and interest. We had not landed so near the line before, and the most tropical of tropical plants, trees, flowers, and ferns were here to be seen, growing by the roadside on every bank and dust-heap." #Brassey

Pages and map from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Bay of Bengal, 16.3.1887.

Sunbeam, Bay of Bengal 16.3.1887. "After dark the sea was brilliantly lit up by millions of minute nautilidae, &...large medusae...They looked like myriads of incandescent lamps floating just below the surface...& illuminating everything as they passed...The effect was indeed fairylike..." #Brassey

Page and map from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. South China Sea, 16.3.1877.

Sunbeam, South China Sea 16.3.1877. "There was a general scribble going on all over the ship, in preparation for the post tomorrow, as we hope to make #Singapore tonight, or very early in the morning...It was a glorious night, though very hot below, & I spent most of it on deck with Tom..." #Brassey