Year: 1871

| expression of my face, and as the
! summons to supper was sounded,
thought cup of tea would make
me feel better Of course | would /
GO 20 supper; the missing of
meal was not on my programme. |
went, and blest the kindness that |
had provided me seat near the |
end OF the table for | was no
sooner seated than, without a word
I sprang up and made for my state
room like one possessed; ana In
deed l was possessed OF a very
evil spirit, and am bound to con-
fess l stopped several times on the


way, though l could nowhere see
one Of those little oblong tin YES


sells which Greenwood says she


found out the use of by instinct


Friend s. brought up the


rear, amidst laughter from the


gentlemen as for the ladies, none


were left to laugh l had st least


the comfort Of knowing was about


the last to succumb. Next day
WAS the Sabbath, they said, but to
! me it was blank.


1t is worth an ocean trip to see


the new phases Of life presented


here. l could not have been in


duced to believe that ladies could


be rendered SO utterly regardless


of personal appearance. 1t is no


exaggeration when say they lie


upon the deck in piles and heaps


in every imaginable nook and corn
er, their heads covered with shawls


and rugs, and their feet sticking


out; fortunately the gentlemen take


this state of things as D matter Of


course, and regard them much as


if they were SO many pieces OF


merchandise.


One fair young girl from the


sunny South amused me greatly


by relating part Of her experience.


She was one day lying upon a


lounge on deck, entirely covered


with a rug, and SO motionless that
two gentlemen standing near tho't


it was only rug, and attempted


to take a seat, when she raised the


corner, and astonished them by


saying in a weak voice "there i:


somebody under here" Another


time she was lying prone upor


deck, covered in the same way


when some gentlemen stopped ant


began to speculate as TO what she
: looked most like; one said it wa:
5 All elephant, another that it was {
, camel, &c.


: In addition to this, most of ou1


faces are burnt to the color of tbi
crimson squares in my Scotch tar
tan, and now our noses are peel.
ing. Fancy how we look Blu
| as the united blessings of old So
= and Neptune are bestowed impaf-


italy, there are no complaint


heard But surely there are NJ
= circumstances in life under which
e ladies look to such a disadvantag
;, as at sea. l often wonder hoy
/ dear Mrs. W, who is so enthu
= siastic about tour abroad, woul'





her nose, that very aristocrati
l feature, which has always been m
e admiration, would contract a per
:. manent upward tendency, whic
. being my own misfortune has al
Z ways been my abomination. T
a transpose Shakespeare rather in
d elegantly, "this is a consammatio
# deyoutly to me missed )" yet
: one be well, there is novelty an


picturesqueness about sea voy
II age that is very pleasing, cspecia


ly when the sails are up and full
e and tie sailors regale US with
lie song which is peculiar to thel
is and their way of life. Books an
=, letter paper are of little use, scare,
st ly any one reads or whites Z; thel
le is general indisposition to &
d kinds Of mental eXertion, an
is among the healthy q strong di:
lie position to physical exercise. sue
if as walking the deck. jumping rop
: playing shuffie-board, &c.


OF There has been much rain, ar
g. we calculate upon getting W
at once or twice a day, but such
- the influence Of the sea air th
y not even the most delicate tai
le cold.


to There is q general jubilee wh,
3 we pass vessel 'homewaru bount
Is which we have several times don
III The Inman steamer City OF Par
of started two hours ahead of US, al
We we kept a jealous watch for he
ID finally overtaking her, but aga
he she is lost to sight. This has be
rd the subject of much betting al
p speculating among the gentleme
1T, and much will be lost and W
We upon her chances OF getting in /
,er fore US.


,ly There is on board young Ge
GU man gentleman, the same who
rot we met at Niagara Falls nine ye,
ga, ago. He is the life of the sa
" and has made large kite for I
he amuso oment Of the children, q
it flies it from the stern of the VI
sci. He also attempted a bailoC
me but as his materials were ms
out fcent, it only amounted to fiz
its was as amusing to us on board
)uc its success would have been
ith land.


led MONDAY, July SO day ali
ill been excitement and expectatiC


We sighted land about 4 o'clo
the just before dinner, and gre
eye beautiful and refreshing was
CHI first sight ould Ireland. The
lan ters here are changed, look
J, l quite green, and fancy it is
reflection from the "Emerald Isl


Every ona seems To have rec.