The entries are very short, seldom exceeding one line on each day. From many of them it appears that the writer was a money lender. He reached the age of 74 on 24 Nov 1677; his wife's death is entered on 23 Jan in that year; and his family at the time comprised in the diary consisted of one son, Peter.

Prefixed is a translation, from the Portuguese out of Canarese, of three letters from Beer Buddra Naige, king of Mallinar or Mullinar in the province of Canara. The journal is signed by John Weddell, Nath. Mounteney, Thos. Robinson and John Mounteney. At the end the following papers are subjoined: (fol. 200) Account of the merchandise sold during the voyage; endorsed, "A calculation of what...