. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . er during this voyage, i6 RUTH OF BOSTON for neither of us made very friendly with the otherchildren, and I do not remember that anything of im-port happened until we were come, so the captain said,near to the New World. It is not needed I should set down that again andagain were there furious storms, when it seemed cer-tain our ship would be sunk, for there was so much ofsuch disagreeable weather during the nine weeks ofvoyaging, that if I were to make a record of each un-pleasant day, this diary would be filled with little ha
. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . er during this voyage, i6 RUTH OF BOSTON for neither of us made very friendly with the otherchildren, and I do not remember that anything of im-port happened until we were come, so the captain said,near to the New World. It is not needed I should set down that again andagain were there furious storms, when it seemed cer-tain our ship would be sunk, for there was so much ofsuch disagreeable weather during the nine weeks ofvoyaging, that if I were to make a record of each un-pleasant day, this diary would be filled with little have set down, however, that on the seventh day ofJune, which was Monday, we had come, so Master Winthrop said, off theBanks, where was goodfishing to be found; butwhy this particular spot onthe ocean should be calledthe Banks, neither Susannor I could waves wrere much likethose we had seen from dayto day; but yet, in someway, the captain knew thatwe had come to the placewhere it would be possibleto take fish in great num-bers, and so we THE FIRST VIEW OF AMERICA 17 It is not seemly a young girl should set down the fact,with much of satisfaction, that she enjoyed unduly thefood before her, and yet I must confess that those fishtasted most delicious after we had been feeding uponpickled pork, or pickled beef, with never anythingfresh to take from ones mouth the flavor of salt. It was a feast, as Susan and I looked at the matter,far exceeding that which we had on St. Georges Day,and surely more enjoyable to us, for what can be betterpleasing to the mouth than a slice of fresh codfish, frieduntil it is so brown as to be almost beautiful, after onehas had nothing save that wrhich is pickled ? THE FIRST VIEW OF AMERICA Five days later, which is the same as if I said onthe twelfth day of June, early in the morning, whenSusan and I came on deck, we saw spread out before usthe land, and it needed not we should ask if this wasthe America where we were to live, for all
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