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& sat down on a coil of rope & felt halfway inclined to do as the rest did but concluded I wouldn't as they were doing well enough without any of my help. There was crying & wringing of hands enough to send two or three regiments to the war. In a few hours we were away out on the broad ocean with no land to gaze upon scudding along over the blue water further & further away. It soon grew dark & then bed time came & I stowed myself away in my bunk with my face close to one of the round port windows in the side of the vessel & gazed out on the dark waves & could not sleep. I arrose in the morning refreshed with but little sleep as I had been used to laying still when I slept & not having this privilege on board a ship I was not easy. In the morning I went on deck early & found plenty of people mostly women leaning against the bulworks heaving & groaning. It seemed very queer to me & I concluded they must sick I asked no questions however but thought if it was seasickness I would know all I wanted to before I saw Liverpool.  I could not help laughing to see some of them clasp their hands convulsively across their stomanchs & run for their lives to get to the bulworks in time. I was told several times not to laugh for my turn would come next. The wind grew stronger &