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Letter #5  Hecker

DAMPFER, "KAISER WILHELM II"

[[image]] NORDDEUTSCHER LLYOD BREMEN 

Saturday,
Septem. 29th 1894.

How pleasant it is to escape expected inconveniences? And how delightful to have joy substituted therefor! This is our eight day out and while each day has been different all have been charming, one or two very calm, others with plenty of wind, some gray, some clear some stormy. Instead of being seasick, I have been very well and in place of an uncomfortable ship, I have found the good Kaiser Wilhelm extremely 

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Transcription Notes:
.The ship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Kaiser_Wilhelm_II