Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-18


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lave lnzFectica IN the morning. and
In eoing to dell up in my dirty
WHITES; I've been wearing my blues
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ers nyssf today, and may be able 70
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down Lots Of love for this time, and
III start another edition next week.
WEDNESDAY, MORNING
Yea probably notice that I do most
Of this writing in the mornings; wen,
it's too beAstly hot TO work or any
thing else in the afternoon, and as
We haven't a great deal 70 do now, but
ride | only keep the boys in the Office
in the mornings. In the afternoons
we usually get a magazine or book Of
some character and a cot, then go out
on deck and find a spot in the shade
Of some part Of the ship where the
breeze viii at least make it bearable.
I've been sleeping on deck every night
and that part is fine, for once the sun
is down there Is a wonderful salt
breeze all the time. l think, when l
get home, I'll have to have somebody
play a hose on the side Of the house
before | can go to sleep for the swish
Of the waves alongside is certainly q
lullaby.
He Is Nearing the Canal.
We are crossing the Gulf Of Tehuan-
tepec, just about due south Of Mexico,
Missouri, as you win see by q map,
and, believe me, it's way south, too.
Champerico, Guatemala, is directly on
our beam; and if nothing happens, we
should arrive in Panama Bay some
time early Monday morning. Until
yesterday we had been able at times to
see the tops Of the higher mountains
! along the Mexican coast, but are well
out to sea now, and won't get in close
again for a couple Of days. We have
passed only mi vessel so far, so have
had this part Of the Pacific pretty
much to ourselves.
: woke up this morning just as we
were passing a school of turtles; there
, were hundreds Of them--some Of them
three and four feet long. We have
I. been passing them singly for some
E time, and the other day one floated
by with a sea gull perched on his back
] taking a free ride and looking US over
4 as If he resented our presence. The
I water is also full Of snakes, which /
e know would interest Papa very much;
: but probably the most interesting Of
e all are the flying fish; they are said to
: be good eating, but our decks are too
high to catch them. In rougher
weather, they try to fly " the ship
s and as soon as their wings dry, they
n drop on the deck and can be picked up.
: Last Sunday we had quite a squat;
y it rained off and on all day, and along
in the evening blew quite a bit. Dur
{ ing the night it got pretty rough, but
| slept through without even knowing
q it; I've fully decided that I'm not going
to get seasick. With that exception we
have had the finest of weather for sail
h ing; it's been so nice that III be glad
when we get around for some real ex-
element. The most beautiful sun
e rises and sunsets you eve imagined
can be seen every day; Monday night
g was a picture you can hardly imagine;
= there were just enough clouds to
y catch the different colors and make a
setting for it all, and a rainbow start
ed on the other horizon and faded
/ away in the sunset. I'll never criticise
n a marine painting for having to many
h eolors in it. / walked around to the
other side and just as the sun went out
of sight a perfect full moon, the larg.
d est | ever saw, came over the edge Of
the water and made a myriad spark
n ling waves; l never saw anything to
compare with it. ! must say that SO
far the work has come very easy
y more interesting every day, and being
at sea out Of sight of land is not bad
at all. You miss a lot of things, but
a like it quite al much as / thought
y would, and expect to like it better.
SUNDAY MORNING
Well, we are pretty near the end of
y the first leg Of this long journey, and
vt should put our feet on shore about TO-
morrow afternoon sometime. / can't
y say that won't be glad, but not be-
IS cause dislike being at sea, but Just
: because variety is the spice Of life, and
ID am hoping that | shall have plenty Of
Y, that down here for a day or two. And
the prospect Of some mail, although,
IS that is very doubtful, and seeing a
L newspaper again is most pleasant.
't We are headed due east now and
III; AUTO c