as if his best friend could do him no greater kindness than to throw him overboard, How foolish was I to leave home for such a pleasure trip lover Company,

as this! But" misery

and

this I had

す

enough

and to

of

Spare. If one hunched and Seven -ty-seven passengers, only four

- teen made their appearance ar

breakfast! In fine weather, a sea life seemed truly delightful, and the Sailor, as he slowly climbed the mast, in the genial sunshine, the happiest of beings. But w the scene changed when t wind blew, and the rain -uged the deck - with the st

I in

my

of the weather came a great change views of "becan life" as the Sailer climbed the ropes, now ren-dered slippery by the dreucking rain, & endeavoured to furl the Sails, which the tempest was flapping to & fro with relentless fury, his occupation seemed by no means so pleasant a one, dinner bell rings, & we take our Seats at the table, which cœtrands parrallel with the length of the ships. As my neighbour Ias

The

across the bound descends,
ends, & vice versa; So we keep
ip the See. Saw motion, like two

in a rail

•hool boys teetering
nce. My neighbour to the

right fills his glass with Cham-paigne, & is about to convey it to his lips, when a sudden lurch of the vessel sends the sparkling fluid over my plate, This as I am a desperate tectitaler, proves a serious inconvenience, but helps to raise a laugh, The ceil- ing of the cabin is rather low, & as the air gradually becomes foul from so many mingling breaths, one person after another, warned by indications within, not to be mistaken or disregarded, abaudins the table & rushes

precipitately to the deck,

The 10. vessels in their management по штортура эту го дода

-Stem & method," A place for everything, & everything in its place." It requires a crew of nearly a hun

ched, to man one of these ocean leviathians, Shey are divided. almost equally into three classesthe engineers & fireman - the Stewards + the Captain, officers & Pailers, Each Class is entirely distinct, & has no Connection with any other, the Captain, only, having general oversight.

а

After a fine voyage of 11 dayst a 1⁄2 one Monday morning Live -pool hove in sight.

As the little steamer which bore us from the Europa to the dick touched the pies, I leaked ashne

at the idea of standing for the first time in England - England the land from which originatect the energy, the enterprise, the learning & literature (I had almost said) the world_ a land whose history, covered with stirring incidents, goes back through the dark mists of the middle ages, & whose story forms the most interesting chapter in the history of the everld.

of