in the day-time to 79 deg.

or 80 deg.

at night, which, on deck, was delightful.

We did not, of course, come to this high temperature all at once; for on the 6th of May, the day after we passed directly under the sun, the average of the twenty-four hours was 73 deg., and at night 69 deg.

and 70 deg..
It is not to be imagined that everyone was pleased with these changes; for on board ship, as on shore, there exist discontented spirits, whose acquired habit it is to find fault with the existing state of things, be these what they may.