IN THE EAST INDIES. 11 
Cunard R. M. S. Ivernia, Vet. 3, 1906. 
Dear Family : 
: Well, we are on board and very finely fixed. Mr. 
Emerson came here from the Boston office and said 
that Mr. Brown had written him that we were to be 
well looked to. So we are now moved to a splendid 
room and a sitting room next. We shall be more than 
comfortable. I think there is every prospect of a good 
trip. This is a good big ship, six hundred feet long 
and as we have on board thirty-two thousand bushels 
of wheat and even more cotton and apples, she ought 
to be quite steady. There is a little mist over the 
harbor, but the sun is fast burning this away. Well, 
Father, Mother and Brothers, I can only say that I 
wish all for you that has been wished by you for me. 
Give every one my love. I hope you have a good trip 
to the Adirondacks and lots of good luck in every 
way all the time you are there. I really cannot write 
any more now, for I do not want to get blue. Good 
bye. . 
From your ever loving 
Tom. 
Cunard R. M. 8S. Ivernia, October 8, 1906. 
Dear Dod., Sal. and Bub : 
I have been in bed now for two days, not actively 
seasick, mind you, only decidedly unsteady. The 
boat has been rolling and pitching like a good one for 
the last four days. Tomorrow (D. V.) we shall be on 
dry land. Neither Tom nor I have been actively sea- 
sick, however. Every day I have been on deck I have 
been greatly amused by a beautiful angora cat, very 
much like Romeo. She was born on board and she 
