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The cook is quite a success since he got over his sea- 

 sickness, and he cooks everything very well except 

 coffee, and that we shall have to teach him. With 

 coffee his idea is quantity and not quality, and what he 

 lacks in the berry he makes up with water. 



The men are first-class, happy and cheerful; they 

 have their musical instruments every night and play 

 and sing. There are so many good voices that I am 

 thinking of getting up a choir with Collins at the or- 

 gan. To-day at church every officer and man was 

 present, except the men in the engine-room on watch. 

 We made quite a congregation. 



Having thus described everybody else, I come to 

 your husband, who hardly needs description. I realize 

 that I am engaged in a great undertaking from which 

 neither of us would have me retreat ; that being in it I 

 must make a good showing, and study and plan every- 

 thing to that end. With God's help we shall certainly 

 do something, however small. I realize how much de- 

 pends on me, and how much everybody will look up to 

 me for guidance ; and I know that instead of repining 

 I must buckle to my work with a will. 



[prom the journal.] 



July 20fh, Sunday. — At 10 a. m. inspected the ship, 

 and held divine service. Informed the crew of Mr. 

 Bennett's intention to follow us with a ship next year, 

 and that he would provide for all widows if anything 

 should happen to any of us. This seemed to have a 

 good effect upon the spirits of all hands. 



[to MRS. DE LONG.] 



July 29th. — We are now three hundred miles from 

 Ounalaska. We have had an almost steady head wind 



