Anthony's photographic bulletin for .. . PROMENADING UND1-K DIFFICULTIES. •5 to consider themselves fairly good sailors, and to hope that they willentirely escape nausea ; but the first night on board generally reducesthe apparent number of passengers, many of whom may not be visiblefor a day or two, or, if they are, prefer to be considered invisible, and,as a rule, to be left to themselves, without kind expressions of sympa-thy or—anything else. Others, who are so fortunate as to escape thisexperience, rather enjoy the excitement of a little nasty weather, if itdoes not last too long, and, wh
Anthony's photographic bulletin for .. . PROMENADING UND1-K DIFFICULTIES. •5 to consider themselves fairly good sailors, and to hope that they willentirely escape nausea ; but the first night on board generally reducesthe apparent number of passengers, many of whom may not be visiblefor a day or two, or, if they are, prefer to be considered invisible, and,as a rule, to be left to themselves, without kind expressions of sympa-thy or—anything else. Others, who are so fortunate as to escape thisexperience, rather enjoy the excitement of a little nasty weather, if itdoes not last too long, and, while walking on deck may not be too easyat first, the hurricane deck is generally dry to leeward, and on the for-ward end of it a group will often collect and watch the ships bow riseand fall, as she steadily forces her way through the wild waters, veryoften resulting in shipping a MOONLIGHT AT SEA. After a storm or a heavy gale of wind, those who have been con-fined to the saloon are often very glad to venture out on deck, althoughthere may still be a heavy swell, causing the vessel to roll or pitch, sothat promenading can only be indulged in by the expert, and writh diffi-culty then even by them. Sometimes the Captain finds it impossible to take the sun, espe-cially in very cloudy or foggy weather ; but, as the log has to be re-corded, and also many bets are sometimes dependent upon the result ofthe ships run for the past twenty-four hours, an average of miles ismade by the aid of reckonings, mechanical devices and the chief en-gineers report, and the days run is posted up in the saloon companion-way for the edification of the passengers.
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