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sel, as it shuffled through the waves of the ocean. I 

 awakened shortly after five o'clock, and the quick and 

 heavy motions of the ship at once made me aware that 

 the wind had grown stronger during the night. When 

 I reached the deck about six a. m. my expectation was 

 verified by the good Northeast breeze which rilled our 

 sails. The foam danced around our ship, reminding one 

 of flocks of sheep. In about half an hour we perceived 

 the church steeples of Colberg, which we passed three 

 miles off coast about half-past eight under full sail. By 

 nine o'clock we were able to recognize the high towers 

 of Treptow. The wind became stronger and the ship 

 danced merrily upon the foam-crowned waves of the Bal- 

 tic sea. Meanwhile rain set in and continued more or 

 less during the day and the constant rocking of the ship 

 caused many of those who had withstood the experience 

 so far, to become sea-sick. Even Olias looked as white as 

 chalk and did not seem to relish the breakfast at all; 

 what he could not eat served Griinhagen and me quite 

 well. 



The sky remained clouded during the day, and though 

 but three miles away, we were hardly able to recognize 

 the coast. The wind blew so hard at noon that several 

 sails had to be laid by and we retained none but the fore- 

 mast. At twelve we found ourselves opposite Swiner- 

 hoft. The bluff must here be about three hundred feet 

 high. It is the highest point on the Pomeranian coast; 

 resembling the shore between little "Warnicken and 

 Kuhren. The wind increased its velocity from minute 

 to minute; it rained in torrents; the waves went higher 

 and higher, and the mighty N. N. E. wind tossed our 

 vessel to and fro right merrily. Whenever one of the 

 waves, which invariably caught the side of our ship, slid 

 underneath, its white crown of foam would splash over 

 the whole length of the deck and often threatened to roll 

 us over and over. Righting again, our ship would cut 

 some immense wave in two, to be lost during the next 

 minute in mountains of foam, until some new-comer 

 would break against our bow with a force that made ev- 



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