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all nations. Amongst the rocks and stones there were 
quantities of geraniums growing wild; and we saw the 
prickly pear, banana, and palm, for the first time. Plenty 
of fruit in the little market place, figs, peaches, pears, 
grenadilloes, bananas, water melons, and other kinds, but 
only the figs were worth eating, and E. took a large supply 
on board. Left the island about sunset. E. in much 
trouble on finding that her supply of night-lights had 
dissolved themselves into a very greasy liquid owing to 
the heat, and made a considerable mess in her box. 
They are almost necessary, as the Company will not give 
passengers a light, I suppose on account of economy, as 
there can be no danger from them in their glass cases ; 
but unless in bed by 10-30 you must turn in in the dark. 
A poor fellow on board, in the last stage of consumption, 
and vainly hoping to get better in the climate of Natal, is 
rapidly getting worse, and hardly will last out the voyage 
to Cape Town. 
March 30th. Sunday. Another week got through some- 
how, and we are now getting near enough to calculate 
when we shall reach the Cape. We have been indebted 
to a young lady on board for a little amusement. She is 
just fresh from school, and has fallen in love with a fellow 
passenger, and, in spite of the remonstrances of her 
chaperone, persists in making a fool of herself, it being 
evident the man is not in earnest, though amusing himself 
with the flirtation. 
April 2nd. Everyone busy packing up, and looking 
forward to our arrival at Cape Town, which we hope to 
see to-morrow morning. After the lights had been put 
out in the saloon as usual, some genial but noisy spirits 
thought fit to celebrate the last evening on board by 
consuming large supplies of brandies and sodas, singing 
songs, and lastly, by rolling the empty bottles up and down 
the floor of the saloon, to the intense aggravation of those 
