The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-09-01


send us from Glasgow to Liverpool or
London 10y rail, the fare to all those
places being about the same from New
York. We will 90 from Glasgow to Ed
inburgh, and from thence to London.
"a SMOOTH SEA AND FLOWING SHEET"
Up to this time we have had remark
ably calm sea most Of the time. We got
fairly out on a smooth sea Saturday be-
fore dark. The water looked as smooth
as a floor, and the vessel glided along as
smoothly as does the Morning Sta- on the
bosom Of the placid Ohio, at the rate of
about II knots an hour. | went to bed
that night entirely insensible of any
cause for sea~sickness. The next day was
Sunday, with us in one sense only-that
of the brightness of the sun. The sky
was almost entirely clear of clouds, and
the passengers all seemed in fine spirits.
Such expressions as, ooh, isn't it beau
tiful morning. Delightful = Perfectly
lovely" were often heard, from the fair
ones especially, several of whom were
very agreeably disappointed at not find
ing themselves sea-sick.
NOW IT TACKLES HIM.
Up till the third day there was no one
sick. / began TO feel a little ''squrmish'
on the morning of that day, before breaks
fast | found that my appetite was fail
ing. However, partook of light breaks
fast, and started on deck for a walk to
dispel my bad feelings. The vessel
seemed to pitch and roll more than usual
that morning, and soon found myself
at the rear of the steamer, leaning over
the iron railing, "hollerin' Nag York "
in very earnest manner. For three
days | was very sick. The physician
was called in to see me on the third day,
and gave me dose Of something, and
got better. | could not endure food of
any kind for more than As hours.
HOW THEY LIVE on suIPBoARD.
The Scotch manner of living on board
the ship is very peculiar. We have a
dish ofoatmeal porridge brought to us in
the morning before we get out of bed.
At s o'clock we have breakfast, at 10
lunch, dinner at 4, and tea at I, from two
to four changes each time. SO, you see.
if one is inclined to be an epicure, he can
indulge to his stomach's content
"MOTuER CAIEY's CHICKENS.
have just been on deck looking at
Mother Carey's Chickens" a small
black bird, little larger than an orlina-
~ chimney swallow. These birds will
follow a ship for hundreds of miles, occa,
sionally darling down and seeming t.
alight on the water Immediately in thu
wake of the ship. / am told that the,
feed on little oily globules that float OF
the water, and will eat nothing else
Doubtless you have heard of the super
stitious tradition among the sailors con
: corning these birds. They are believed t,
? be the spirits of departed sailors burie,
r in the great deep" Consequently the,
: are held sacred by mariners. They sa,
! that if any person on board a ship kill
c one of these birds, some misfortune i
e sure to overtake the vessel, and at leas
D one soul for each bird will perish.
e 1.-THE LAZY, LOLLING WHALES"
s We have seen several whales of differ
, ent sizes-some very large ones-and it j
e remarkable what indifference they seen
= to manifest towards everything. hav
not seen one Immediately in front of tn
ship, but those | have seen looked q
though they would not turn their conrs
: for anything. They seem to feel that the
are "monarchs of all they survey" float
ing leisurely along. and OCCASIONAL
spouting up the water to distance ofsev
e eral feet in the air.
e OFF THE BANKS"
IS On the morning of the fourth day, "
: got up to find ourselves off the Banks
t Newfoundland, among a great many fish
= ing boats What an immense busine,
st this is. The whole surface of the ocea
= was spotted with the boats of the codts
e catchers.
d ICEBERGs.
l. The next morning the Captain al
Is nounced that we were in the iceberg r
ID gion. We looked eagerly for icebergs a
Y day, and had about abandoned it, whe
n just after sunset, some one on de,
E. shouted. Iceberg" and in a moment a
h were on deck and had good view of
d very large one several miles south of IL
4. 1t looked more like large pile of sno
ID than anything else can describe. Qui
Of an
y, EXCITING LITTLE INCIDENT
re occurred while we were looking at Il
re iceberg. The sailors have as la
rs among themselves, that no one except
- sailor shall ascend the masts, on pcna
ye " of being tied up there or treating to
J. bottle Of brandy. A young man, a pa
m senger, from New York, in his eagernc
l. to look at the iceberg, bounded up Il
E. mast. lie had scarcely started up, h
W fore up went three sailors after him.
or saw that they were in chase, so
climbed clear to the top OF the MAJ
closely pursued bv the sailors. VIII,