Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-06-28
SECOND DAY AFL0AT
s:asickness And Other ltems--
- The Azores.
I D. Il II Mc(,iintic
By E. II. McCiintic.
lContinued from last week.

sue. "the ocean is. without sign
boards and white posts Your
own juds ment no doubt suggested
to you that it ought to have been
mile" posts. He also made me
saw. in describing the scenes etc
AS the boat left Eer pier at N. Y,
that the band was playing funeral
airs" This. of course, should have
read farewell airs. y" Later. | shall
have occasion to refer to such airs,
incident TO burial at sea, but not
yet.
| left you to figure out for your
selves how The distance the vessel
| has Travelled IS ascertained. You
possibly have reached the conclu-
sion Il at is told by the revolutions
of tie propeller or by some lndica-
/ tion from the operation or speed OF
the macIiner.. 1t is determined
b, observation later TN the sun or
moon ur some of the stars, and by
calculations made, based on these
| observations. Nothing can be told
fr' m tie sretd Of the machinery
whatever as n vessel with the aid
of the winds will of course go
much further than il the winds
were against it. The distance
travelled for the "a hours preeed-
ing is announced on a bulletin each
day a few minutes after noon and
is alwa,s matter Of speculation
among the passengers as to what
the bulletin will be, and great
deal of money is staked every day
among the passengers, which goes
of course to the one who names
nearest the number of miles cover
ed.
Most vessels carry first, second
and Storage passengers, the ac-
commodations for each class being
of course, different. They are
served in different Gining-rooms,
restricted to different quarters, and
are charged accordingly. The first
cabin service is far preferable, OF
cours", but the secoDd-is less ex-
pensiye. and from what saw Of it,
very coed. The Storage is not
very inviting. That is where the
migrants and people of that type
travel.
Vessels have library aboard, from
which you can obtain without
Charge almost any book for the trip.
Some Of them are equipped with
gvmnasiums.
With the elaborate bills of fare
served four or FIVE times day, pas
sengers soon need exercise. and in
good weather, this is gotten main.
w by walking the deck, but in bad
weather that cannot be done. There
are May kinds of deck games, ev-
en- down to skipping the rope.
Passengers run out Of something
to do, and you see women, and men
too, skipping the rope, that per-
haps lad not tried it before for 30
years.
Life aboard ship was more enjoy
able to some people than it was to
me. Our voyage both over and
back was made iD stormy weather
and | believe | said we ate the first
mi al going down N. Y. harbor
That was the last one ate for a
couple of days, and then touched
it quite lightly. The rolling,rock-
ing motion that the waves and
winds give The boat in stormy
weather generally makes most peo'
pie seaSick. aud to the Mle, | was
no exception. Seasicknesseonsist'
Of extreme nausea, without doabI
beyond ANYTHING you have expert
enc d or even imagined. Nothing
can be taken on the stomach, ant
if it even gets that far, it does no
STAY there long enough to" become
acquainted.
The god Of the sea seems de. r
mined that you shall surrender t.
him something that you-have nev
er eaten, and he is not even salts
+ fed when you have most earnestly
though reluctantly, demonstrate
T to him hundreds of times that yo1
are not "holling back" a thing
Many anecdotes are told OF pas
| seng+rs going through these ex
periences and one in which IRIS