August 21, 1834
In the morning, cloudy sky, very strong wind and high seas. Except for me, most of the passengers [were] seasick. At ten o’clock we had a view of the coast of Holland far to the right; at ten thirty, the island of Goeree. At eleven o’clock the pilot came aboard. The weather was now more pleasant and cool; at the same time, sunshine, much wind, and high seas. Several ships were visible in the distance; a three-master from China stayed to our left; we imagined that it belonged to Mr. Hoboken in Rotterdam. It had set its sails facing each other and seemed to be waiting for the pilot. We sailed by the mouth of Goeree, saw Hellevoetsluis, and steered in the direction of the mouth of the Waal near Brielle.
The pilot steered the ship between the buoys and poles set up to mark the shallows and a little to the right toward the coast. We turned left then, close to it [the shore?], and at four thirty in the evening, we came into the Waal near Brielle. Several fishing boats had dropped anchor here. Customs officials came aboard. We sailed up the river past Vlaardingen, Schiedam, and other places where we came across several ships. Shortly before dusk, we moored at the Boompjes in Rotterdam. Our passports were checked aboard the ship. Then we [took] our luggage to an inn nearby. Because the bears had to be weighed and transit customs duties had to be paid for them, Dreidoppel stayed in Rotterdam on 22 [August]. But I went with Mr. Bodmer on