Catalogue description "Log of H.M.S. Sutlej 35, bearing the flags of Rear-Admiral John Kingcome [Commander in Chief of the Pacific] and Vice-Admiral the Hon. Joseph Denman [1810-1875; later Commander in Chief of the Pacific], commanded by Captain Matthew Conolly and Captain T[reuenen] P[enrose] Coode, kept by George Ross Divett (Mid)

Provides daily information (morning, noon and midnight) on the hour, the course (knots and tenths), the distance, the winds, the force of the wind, the state of the weather, the longitude and latitude and the location of the ship; also includes sections entitled bearings and distances and remarks (contains information about the daily running of the ship, the routines undertaken by the crew, the positions of the sails and about the ships they met during their journey).

Mentions the places they visited/anchored at during their voyage around South America including:

Bella-Coola River; Callao; Clayoquot Sound; Coquimbo; Esquinalt Harbor; Hawaii; Honolulu;

Panama; Pitcairn Islands; Riatea; Sandwich Islands; Tahiti; Tobago Islands; Valparaiso and Vancouvers.

Log includes eight hand-drawn charts depicting the track of the HMS Sutlej from: Valparaiso [Chile] to Coquimbo [Chile] and Callao [Peru]; Callao to Pitcairns [Islands in the Pacific Ocean]; Tahiti [Island in the Pacific Ocean] to Raiatea [Island in the Pacific Ocean] and Honolulu [Hawaiian Islands]; Honolulu to Vancouvers [Islands off the coast of Chile]; Vancouvers to Valparaiso;

Valparaiso to Callao and Panama; Panama to Vancouvers and Vancouvers to Valparaiso.

Contains a report entitled HMS Sutlej 35 guns, 3066 tons and 500HP: dimensions of masts, yards and spars.