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to some of us perhaps forever. the principal Topic of conversation now is, What way and how do we get to the [[underlined]] Diggins [[/underlined]]! are among the numerous questions asked. Lat 28°28' South Long 79°41' West

Wednesday May 30th 1849 - Cloudy and pleasant. no Wind. Caught a large Shark to day. Lat 27°22' South Long 80°29' West

Thursday May 31st 1849 - Clear. no Wind. weather warm an pleasant. Lat 27°11' South Long 81°35' West. It is amusing to observe the difference in the dispositions of the passengers in a cabin or when we have a fair wind. In a Sea Voyage a man learns a great deal. the Ocean has its charms, as well as its discomfits, and the voyage subject to many changes, as Storms and Calms, Heat and cold, which makes the passage as varied perhaps as a journey upon the land. After getting through with the initiatory preliminaries, such as Sea Sickness and the like, he then begins to relish his food and feel considerably at home in his floating habitation. he must also have what is nautically termed his [[underlined]] "Sea legs" [[/underlined]] on, in order to more safely navigate the decks, otherwise movement is perilous, and promenading almost impossible, The Ship has three motions, in which her planks vary their line of gravitation, with rapid alteration and often with a suddenness which a mere landsman can ill endure. Those of pitching, and rocking, and lurching. The billows of the Ocean move in successive ranges almost parallel before the driving wind, and seem like the mighty furrows of a fresh ploughed field. It is often that the course of the Ship is transverse or oblique to these, and hence she plunges down gracefully, and rises with the same curvature, splendidly to repeat the action