Thanks so much to everyone - ( pity about St. Helena - ) There must have been quite a large part of the hold used for the cattle sheep etc and their water and fodder for such a long trip. Ceri Harris At 07:48 AM 23/01/2008, you wrote: >Further to this correspondence - In my great grandparents' journals >describing their various voyages to India, the following details were given:- > >In 1826 They went round the Cape, stopping at Madeira, Isle of >France, Madras and then Calcutta. > >In 1854 (still round the Cape) they didn't stop very much except for >the Canary Islands and Ceylon. > >By 1892 they went through the Med., stopping at Gibraltar, Naples, >Port Said, Aden, Ismailia, Colombo, Madras and Calcutta. > >Hope this is of some help > >Regards - Pam Harrison > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message