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deck, the change was so agreeable, that when- 

 ever the vessel was not too unsteady, we were 

 only happy to have our meals there. Seeing 

 how jolly we were, the other passengers requested 

 the steward to allow them to follow our example. 

 " A pretty thing indeed," he replied, " as though 

 I had not quite trouble enough already in 

 attending to your wants below." And then he 

 added " I don't at all wonder that the only two 

 gentlemen on board should demur dining and 

 breakfasting with company they are not ac- 

 customed to ; but for you to ask to do the 

 same, is not only unreasonable, but impossible." 



Though I did not hear this conversation, the 

 steward, who was very communicative, told me 

 all about it, and his comments on it were very 

 amusing. 



The coachman, who (I was going to say) was 

 an aristocrat amongst Jehus of his class, gave 

 me a fund of information. He had driven in the 

 Duke's family for a number of years, and no 

 one could have spoken more affectionately of a 



