May

May 6.
Tuesday. — The weather intolerably Hot and sultry under the Line; we crossed the Line or Equator about Eleven OClock this day [Day], and were much entertained with the ceremony of Neptune's Visit at the Line, which is practiced upon this occasion with great Humour by the Sailors, to extort Money or Grog from such Passengers as have never crossed the Line in 12°- 30' west Longitude from London. — Saw and Spoke with the Montrose East Indiaman bound for Bombay, the day before we crossed the Line.

From this period nothing remarkable happened worth narrating for some time - we spend our time much in the same manner as already mentioned; we live well and are happy; In the latter end of this Month we fell in with the Boddam Indiaman bound for Madras and spoke her; – In the course of this month one Soldier and one Sailor Died — the Soldier's name was Kyanock a Corporal, and Master Taylor [sic] to the Regiment – he died of a Putrid Fever. —

Source
Macquarie, Lachlan. Journal No. 1: 15 December 1787 - 24 March 1792.
Original held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney.
ML Ref: A768 pp.83-85. [Microfilm Reel CY299 Frames #47-48].