At sea ~ We have been aboard just one week today, and it seems quite a little lifetime since we parted with our friends at home, but time will probably pass more quickly as we become more accustomed to this quiet life. It is perfectly monotonous but still time passes very quickly and we find but little leisure for reading. It is almost impossible to keep ones eyes from the heaving plain of water, always the same, yet ever changing. The winds have moderated and the clouds have broken away, but it still proceeds from the East and we are now again in the Gulf Stream. The sailors songs still strike us agreeably – there is considerable variety in the words, but it is difficult to catch them, perhaps that is just as well as many of them are indecent to refined ears. On the whole we think they sound much better at a distance. We are hoping that the sea will subside enough for public worship tomorrow.
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