Here is an interesting website, containing extracts from the diary of an 1839 immigrant on board the "India". Gordon Barlow http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bbiggar/india4.htm During this earlier voyage of the India an Irish Immigrant, Robert Bell, travelling in the intermediate cabin kept a journal of the voyage. The journal consists of 71 handwritten pages describing the events of the voyage and details of life on board. A copy of the journal is held by the University of Melbourne Archives. (119 Barry Street, Carlton, Victoria, 3053 Australia. Phone 61 3 93446848 or fax 61 3 93478627) The University of Melbourne Archives has kindly granted permission to include a precis of the journal on this web site. The precis has by necessity included only general facts of the voyage and details of a few highlights and events experienced. The full journal is very well written and contains details of daily life on board the ship. 28th Dec --- Last night a woman of the name of Sutcliffe, steerage gave birth to a fine boy.