Travel letters from New Zealand, Australia and Africa . reproach to me. I havealways called it Austraylia; they call it , old chap, I heard a man say to a friend inSydney, on parting, tyke care of yourself! . .There is a woman on this ship with three little look at her, she seems like any other worthy woman :devoted, unselfish, kind, polite, and always when you hear her talk, it is different from any-thing you ever heard. There are two little girls onboard, and they are very kind to the mother with threechildren. It is very nice to see them caring for thebaby
Travel letters from New Zealand, Australia and Africa . reproach to me. I havealways called it Austraylia; they call it , old chap, I heard a man say to a friend inSydney, on parting, tyke care of yourself! . .There is a woman on this ship with three little look at her, she seems like any other worthy woman :devoted, unselfish, kind, polite, and always when you hear her talk, it is different from any-thing you ever heard. There are two little girls onboard, and they are very kind to the mother with threechildren. It is very nice to see them caring for thebaby, and running errands for the tired mother, butas soon as they begin to talk they do not seem so muchlike little girls you have known. I was a bit groggymeself yesterday, I heard one of them say to themother. She meant that she was seasick. . .The English themselves do not agree on pronunciations;Cambridge University authorizes one pronunciationof many words, and Ordord another. I can understandhow dialects originate with people speaking the same. NEW ZEALAND, AUSTEALIA, AND AFRICA. 37 language, and who do not associate much with eachother except locally, but the English and American seeenough of each other to get together in pronunciation. Friday, January 10.—Last night I laid my case be-fore the chief steward, and he said he would fix me up;that he would take me out of 27, where Mr. Bond de-votes the nights to snoring, and put me in No. 7, withMr. Martin. I went to bed in No. 7, complimentingthe chief steward for his disposition to please the pas-sengers, but in ten minutes Mr. Martin began snoring,and I spent the night trying to decide if his snore wasnot rather more rasping thanthatof At a latehour I dressed and retreated again to a sofa in the music-room. But I have not lost my temper; I am ratherdisposed, on the contrary, to laugh at myself for spend-ing a large amount of money in an attempt to have agood time. . The sea has been smooth todayand we are all much
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