| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1862/06/25 | Catherine R Delano with her staff and seven children, ranging in age from 16 to 2, sail to Hong Kong on the clipper ship SURPRISE to join Warren Delano. | |
| 1862/07/04 | The SURPRISE, flags flying, celebrates the Fourth of July with a salute. "We have had 13 cannons fired and as sone as we had fired them the men had what they called splicing the main brace witch was only taking a glass of whiskey." WD IV | |
| 1862/07/27 | The SURPRISE spots houses and a Catholic church on Fernando de Noronha. "This is a convict settlement from the Brazils. Saw the 'Hole in the Wall' of which I believe they have a picture at Fathers Captain Delano's in Fair Haven". - CRD | Fernando de Noronha, Brazil |
| 1862/08/28 | Sixty-four days from New York, the SURPRISE passes the Cape of Good Hope heading for Cape Agulhas, the southernmost point of Africa. | Cape Peninsula, Cape Town |
| 1862/08/29 | During two days of squally weather, the SURPRISE battles a heavy sea and takes on much water forward. | Cape Peninsula, Cape Town |
| 1862/09/04 | Captain Ranlett hears Penguins whistling. Since the air and water are frigid, he thinks they might be floating ice. | |
| 1862/09/11 | When the Captain got his reckoning he found that we had made an excellent run of 269 miles in the last 24 hours. We passed the Island of St Paul which ... could have been seen if the weather had not been thick. In the afternoon the sea became very lively. | French Southern Territories, France |
| 1862/09/13 | Damp, drizzly, nasty weather.... Sailors sung while working the capstan. The chorus of the song was 'Oh you Sailor, I love you for your money.' The sailors sung with some spirit having been treated to a glass of whiskey this morning after the rough night. | |
| 1862/10/31 | By eleven o'clk dear Warren was on board the SURPRISE, having come in the house-boat (the Russell and Co boat). He looks well, and the children said they should have known him anywhere. - Catherine Delano | Hong Kong, China |
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