GETTING SOUTHWARD. 67 



it began to lose much of its terror for us, so greatly did 

 we long for a little change. Keeping, as we did, out of 

 the ordinary track of ships, we hardly ever saw a sail. 

 We had no recreations ; fun was out of the question ; 

 and had it not been for a Bible, a copy of Shakespeare, 

 and a couple of cheap copies of " David Copperfield " and 

 "Bleak House," all of which were mine, we should have 

 had no books. 



