GRAND ROMAINE AND OLD ROMAINE 



through which the occupant had to struggle 

 in and out were only forty-one by sixteen 

 inches, — a state of affairs which suggested 

 partial asphyxiation and a coffin. A sea-chest 

 and a small iron stove occupied much of the 

 floor space, while shelves, cupboards, hanging 

 lamps, clothes, guns, and other paraphernalia 

 filled in all available spaces. Forward two 

 men slept in the galley, where the cooking 

 was done and where we ate our meals. A large 

 shelf near the stove was given up to me for 

 my boxes of bird-skins, which here dried well. 

 Many of Audubon's were ruined by the damp. 

 The hold behind the galley contained things 

 innumerable, and here, out of the wind, often 

 with the hatch down, the botanist arranged 

 his specimens and kept his presses and trunks. 

 The deck, not taken up by galley and cabin- 

 house, was fairly filled with water-tanks, spare 

 rigging, driftwood to be cut up for the stove, 

 and, during pleasant weather, by the bulky 

 drying-cases of the botanist. On the starboard 

 side of the deck forward, balsam boughs were 

 spread, and here we arranged sleeping-bags 

 at night. My home-made sleeping-bag proved 

 very satisfactory. The outer bag was made of 



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