I had a good opportunity on this first day of sailing of observing the numerous company who were proceeding to India. With the exception of Mr. Godfrey Pellew, I believe that all the passengers assembled at the luncheon table at one o'clock on this, my first day at all events of the voyage, at which hour the ship was well clear of the Sound, standing for the central Channel navigation under full breasts of canvas from truck to waterway ; her decks, an extraordinarily busy scene of sailors coiling away the rigging and clearing up, and of soldiers passing in and out of the galley with smoking kits and steaming puddings for the messes of the three or four score men who formed the ship's cargo of redcoats. |
Author: William Clark Russell Title: A Strange Elopement Series: n/a First Published by: Place: Format: HC Date: 1892 ISBN-10: ISBN-13: |
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