Francis MacDonald Journal * Facsimile and Transcription
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Friday 22nd did not sleep last night - the ship was rocking most fearfully. I did not think she would have lived to have seen 5 this morning, and it's all owing to the cargo of pig iron. Oh Eliza, rather than come with a vessel that has only pig iron for her cargo wait for a twelve 10 month. There is not a breath of wind today but from the heavy sea the ship rolls fearfully. It is quite an impossibility to walk. She rocks like a cradle. 15 You would laugh to see us taking our meals more especially the soup of wh[ic]h we have a little every day, but the most laugh- able of all is to see the Steward 20 bringing in the dishes and the eat- ables. When bringing in the tureen of soup, or plate of beef, or of potatoes, his two hands are [End of Page 13]
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