O DESCRIPTION OF THE PASSENGERS. 



passengers dressing as they chose, and at all times calling for 

 what they wished, champagne, seemingly, being the only 

 wine restricted, and which was presented at dinner twice a- 

 week. To those not of fastidious taste, the Napoleon oifered 

 a fit opportunity for indulgence, the table being copiously 

 stored with substantial food and a variety of liquids. The 

 noise of calling the steward, and drawing of corks, succeeded 

 each other at short intervals throughout the day, and generally 

 formed my morning and evening salutations. The quantity 

 of good things which some individuals stowed under their belts, 

 appeared excessive. Man is apt to despise what he cannot 

 enjoy, and sensual indulgence never appeared to me so un 

 worthy of regard. Champagne, sparkling in the wine-cup, 

 did not afford a thousandth part of the pleasure I had often 

 derived from the dewdrops glancing in the morning sunbeam, 

 and when presented to my fevered lips by a most friendly 

 hand, I envied my pretty Ayrshire cow, Salina, the privilege 

 of quaffing the cool and limpid fount at Mungoswells. 



On 20th May, 40 30 north latitude, 53 west longitude, 

 and 950 miles from New York, Mrs - , a cabin passen 

 ger, p gave birth to a female child. In compliment to the 

 ship, this little nymph of the sea was to be christened Jose 

 phine ! a name memorable for conjugal affection, and the poor 

 return such a virtue will sometimes receive. 



Our commander, Captain Smith, was an American by 

 birth, and part owner of the vessel. He was indefatigable 

 as a seaman, spending successive nights on deck, and sel 

 dom concluding a meal without satisfying himself, by occu- 

 lar demonstration, that all was right aloft. To the passengers 

 he was attentive ; and, considering the situation in which they 

 occasionally placed him, also forbearing. Individually, I 

 found him courteous and gentlemanly in a high degree. 



The wind continued adverse for the first twenty-five days ; 

 and sometimes blew tempestuously. The weather mode 

 rated for the last eight days of the voyage, and the bar at 

 ^New York was made on the morning of the 29th May, 

 which a dense fog prevented us crossing without a pilot. 

 The vessel stood off and on during the day, and towards noon, 

 six gentlemen, accompanied by the letter-bag, set out in a 



