The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-07-14
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tion OF the sea, which is miah,ier ,A., =
mighsisst. Neaysrshsless she nrovsS ~ \.
sne comparison before as, her superic,;tyy
10 ali ordinary ships ~ we'll a. 10 aoy al
fusoang motion. In fact, her short u.anis.
tions gave actual relief and pleasure 10 s,s,,
one who stood upon her.
Tuesday, jane l9.-l vas awaiened +.
little after msduight hy the bowling ef N.
wind, the shouts Of the seamen TAKING r.
sail, and .rampling overhead, The rc..
SCI was rolling mere than che had At .nv
time before say about eight or pins a..
grees--and could now feel li,,le y;h-..
ton OF her bow, impaired BY the screw. n.
II smose and scadded into ,hs wa,er ~hsr.
ever the motion Of the vessel lifte,; II, hlaaa.
above the surface. went Ia nv v,nso~
has the night was too thisk for ANY y,hinc hus
darkness TO be seen, aud all / could a;s.,
aac.!y near was the measured vail Of ers
hundred and twenty men 70. both watches
nau oeen called up 10 chorus, IL s.haul the
no~iine, haai !. while engaged in tryinx to
'ase IN the mainsail and ,naintopsail. The
~ind seemed to soften alittle attwo O'Clock,
oas perhaps that was the notion Of NV
dross'ness, for | fell a,leep a, ,ha, hour,
~a,ie the men were still ~ busily engaged
al The mainsail as ever. lafterwards learned
,hat l, had employed them Eve hours TO farl
a., IN the turious tempest that preyailed.--
ihe cause Of this difficulty was partly owing
TO the viclencs of the gale acting apou The
immense area Of the sail, and partly TO the
unhanty siae Of tho tackle BY which i, must
necessarily be worked. Eyery,hiug is ex-
aggersted in tho way OF sixe on board tho
orsas Eastess, and ~ be handled a. a,
otaer sh.ps, sns rs1uires an extra bread Of
men. The gale subsidized little in its fury
at a'oiock, but when l arose at !. / attn
found il blowing very hard, and The sea
covered with thread ike foam, which 6lled
the holiows as well as whiteLed on the b;l.
iow-teps. Still the ship rolled only eight
degrees, and her stately nod did not is,arb
a plate upon the table. The storm rack
was laid at breakfast to protec, the dishes,
but It was not needed, for my full tcacup
sat outside Il IL, without being in the sligh,.
cot danger Of slip. Nevertheless, a three
thousand-tan vessel would have been pitch.
ing sadly. The motion did not succeed in
making single person sea. sick, though
tners were among our passengers, several
who had never been to sea before,
The wind moderated still more during
the afternoon, and We set all our tonsnils.
but the ship kept up her motion, and went
frolicking along her path ~ full 4 life asa
clipper, brig or pilot boat. Nothing eould
be more beautiful than TO stand upon tho
elevated grating in her bow, and see her
stera htt Itself maie.tically against the skv,
- ~e dropped into some yielding wave be-
fore US; or to behold her rising sideways to
her equilibrium, like some frolckinc beauty,
hitting her shoulder in her downy bed. /
could hardly realize, a. viewed her bouv.
ant step upon the deep, that 10000 plates
OF iron, representing 1900 tuns Of inert
mental. clsmped by 1900, 900 riyets. and
bearing within be.ide her ponderous engines,
1900 tuns Of coal, could career thus, cork.
like, upon the thin and shifting element
below. Yet there she rode ship-like and
sweet. "s thing Of beauty and Of Joy for
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