308 VOYAGE HOME. Chap. XVII. 



has brought us from Cape Farewell to within 400 miles of 

 the Land's End, or about 1100 miles of distance. But such 

 rough weather is not pleasant in so small a vessel, however 

 much "like a duck" she may rise over the waves ; and our 

 two years' sojourn in the still waters of the frozen North has 

 made us very susceptible of the change. 



