THE OCEAN VOYAGE 



English and Spanish. The latter language is not hard, 

 neither the grammar nor the vocabulary, and 1 hope to 

 master it fairly well by the time we reacli San Francisco. 



It will be necessary to draw the enclosed sketch upon 

 a card. I did it, too, and was enabled to get a real and 

 correct view of our voyage. By it yon will sec our route 

 has been very crooked. Our course has been very eccenl ric. 

 Our trip around the Cape looks almost like a chess-puzzle. 

 If you desire to get a sailor's view of the sketch, you will 

 have to mark upon the map every point mentioned and 

 then join these points by straight lines. I hope that this 

 letter may reacli you by the middle of January of the 

 coming year (1852), perhaps even before grandfather's 

 birthday, whom it may find in the old, happy frame of 

 mind and the old indestructible health. However, I am 

 somewhat worried as to the fate of this letter, as it will 

 have to remain here till the 2Gth inst. I shall take it to 

 Hallmann and shall use all my fluency of speech so as to 

 make sure that it will not be forgotten when mail-time 

 comes. 



If everything goes well you may expect my next letter 

 within eight or ten weeks, from San Francisco. 



Am I to hope for a letter from you on my arrival there ? 



Your 



FKANZ. 



