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rough ? even'ono wondori'd aloud. The Hay ha|)pon<>d 

 to bo asHinooth a» a pond —mascots of all doscriptiona 

 wcTv brought in to dininT, tht* owner of rach quaint 

 gowgaw was wrtain that Iuh huky tn-avsuro ha<l brought 

 calm weather, and peals of laughtoi echoed through the 

 8aK>on. Sine*' that fi-8tiv«> night the tinu« 84H>mH to 

 have flown — the Bunny tlays in the Mrditerranean, 

 the Arabs coming on board at Port Siiid and turning 

 the upixr de k into an Kastern ba/.aar while we lay 

 at anchor, the journey through the Suez Canal with 

 the diiH'rt exercising its mysterious charm, the straining 

 of eyes to catch a glimpse of a camel and the rubbing 

 of oyes to make sure that the caravan of cAnuls was 

 not a dream, the exit from Suez into the great oc4.'an, 

 another series of days at sea, and a sucoession of 

 8ix)rts, danc<>s and happy family parties — such is the 

 crowded panorama of delightful memories that pass 

 through our minds and before our eyes, and make us 

 regret that we are leaving the ship which has given us 

 our first glimpse of many new lands, and the people 

 with whom we have made merry, shared impressions, 

 and found numerous interests in common. 



No matter how attractive an object the traveller 

 may have in view when he sits out on a long wa voyage, 

 it is likely to b<> banished to a back place in his mind by 

 the distractitms of the journey. And however strong 

 may be his detorminati<Mi to study, during that 

 voyage, books dealing with what he is going forth for 

 t<» see, it is more than prt»bable tluit hv will barely o|>en 

 a single one of the treat is<s hi* takes with him — the sea 

 tempts ever5*ono to play the happy loafer. We have 

 been unconsciously doing our b«»t to prove these 

 general rules as to the influence of the sea ; from the 



