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, in a rail •hool boys teetering 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 |