From Breakfast to Bedtime. n 



and soap, which denotes resort to or accomplishment 

 of the matutinal batli. Breakfast is over, and by 

 noon most of the partv are deej) in literary occupa- 

 tion, writing and reading apparently being suitable 

 only to this time of day. A temperature of 75 deg. 

 under the awning is adverse to muscular exercise. 

 Now come round the manao;ers of the dailv lotterN' 

 on the ship's run, drawing variously from tlic 

 passengers shillings and cro^vns ; some contenting 

 themselves with a sinoie lot, others basino- tlieii' 

 hopes on securing many chances. At 12*30 the 

 captain announces that in the preceding twenty- 

 four hours we have compassed the respectable 

 distance of 328 miles. The winner of the lucky 

 number looks happy in his clever superiority, but 

 can scarcely be much richer, for etiquette pre- 

 scribes that he should generously proffer cham- 

 pagne to the losers. Luncheon at an end, the 

 passenger mind turns to amusement. The young 

 find relief in the violent exercise of deck- 

 cricket, and in the wild mirth occasioned when 

 some placid, reposing, and digesting person receives 

 the ball full in his face, an incident which he is 

 expected to bear with perfect equanimity, neither 

 asking for, nor expecting the smallest apology. 

 Deck-quoits, and the sonorous game of " Bull," 

 claim their adherents ; for others, the frivolous 

 " Halma," the rattling backgammon, or the severely 

 serious chess have their charms, and here and there 

 vice betrays itself in the shape of cards, with its 

 usual accompaniments of brandy and soda, beer, 

 pipes, and cigars, while ever and anon a half- 



