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if I would put up with such accommodations as he had 
to offer. Every place was filled, even to the tables 
and floors of the cabins. The decks, too, had been 
monopolized ; and the only place he could give me to 
sleep in was a hammock suspended in the rigging 
eight or ten feet above the deck. As the weather was 
exceedingly hot, I gladly accepted the accommodation. 
Returning to the shore, I hastily packed up my lug- 
gage, and was again on board the steamer at 3 o'clock 
p.m. At four we put to sea with a light wind. 
February 3d-8th. At sea. Moderate winds from 
the north, continued during these six days. When off 
Cape St. Lucas, the weather suddenly changed, becom- 
ing so cool that I was obliged to give up my aerial 
sleeping place. By close stowing, room was made for 
me on the floor of the lower cabin, where I remained . 
the rest of the voyage. I was also obliged to change 
all my clothing, and substitute thick flannels and an 
overcoat; nothwithstanding which, I had an attack of 
fever and ague. There was a good deal of sickness 
on board, chiefly fevers. _ Some had contracted disease 
from exposure when crossing the Isthmus of Panama, 
others by imprudence in eating fruit. A passenger 
from Cornwall, England, died and was launched into 
the sea, the burial service being first read by a Metho- 
dist minister. Passed a whaleman, the ship Carlton 
from New Bedford, sixteen months out. She sent her 
boat to us with a present of a large turtle, and requested 
some newspapers in return. <A lot was accordingly 
contributed by the passengers, and sent to her. This 
is considered a good whaling ground, and we noticed 
many of these monsters of the deep sporting around us. 
