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LETTERS FROM 
after I had swallowed these stimulants all un¬ 
comfortable feelings vanished entirely. I 
spent the rest of the evening very pleasantly 
on deck, conversing with the officers, several 
of whom had suffered severely from sea- 
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sickness. Wishing to prove the efficacy of 
the steward’s prescription, I even descended 
into the engine-room, where neither the suf¬ 
focating heat nor the smell of oil and melted 
tallow could occasion the smallest feeling of 
uneasiness. 
Early the next morning we were delighted 
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by seeing the land within a few miles of us 
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on the left-hand, and on enquiry it proved to 
be Cape Ortegal, in Spain. The sea was now 
as smooth as a lake, and the weather had 
become so deliciously mild and spring-like, 
that during the last two days we seemed to 
have passed from November into May or 
June. During the greater part of the day 
