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HA WAIL 



[letter i. 



strongest condemnation, but her discipline is admirable, and 

 so are many of her regulations, and we might have had a much 

 more disagreeable voyage in a better ship. Captain Blethen is 

 beyond all praise, and so is the chief engineer, whose duties 

 are incessant and most harassing, owing to the critical state of 

 the engines. The Nevada now presents a grotesque appear- 

 ance, for within the last few hours she has received such an 

 added list to port that her starboard wheel looks nearly out of 

 the water. 



I. L. B. 



