After he got that he was like a father, in kind.nessr-to all
who came to him asking for advice etc, 
Br-rt lrhen ire sa?r among
the sailors a midd.Ie d.eck people, things vrere not quite
ord"erly, he could be strort and brisk and- soon restore quiet and.
ord.cr on the ship. Also the crer^r seem to have been picked for
their riork and behavicur, so tha.t it rra.s pI-easant to coue in
contact l,rith them.
If the l'reather allor.;ed-, there r.ras Church every Sund.ay
u.orning on d.eck at 10 oeclocl<, for l,;hich thc ships bells r,rcre
rung.
One of the first 
Sundayes at sea it came to tkre Captains
ears, there vras a card. gexne on mid"d.le d-eclc. i{e sent one of
his Off iceros to take 1,hem ai.ray. It r.ras no Sunday entcrtain-
m.enL and- not alIolred. on ship tha.t hacl to have authority and.
respect "
The fare on the ship r,i-ase so to salr good anC plenty,
althougir in midclle dech there i.ras a nurner of dis-satisfaction.
Cf a morning there i,:as srreet coffee r.rithout milk and. ship
biscuits. 
Dinuer, ttrere t,ias ship I s d.inner, as much as one
need-ed., although f at tirnes lvishcd. for sonethring different.
t had to realise orre had- nob to be a vegctarian, therefore had.
to be satisf ied. r',rith rrhat llas given, For tea at night there
IIas tea and. biscuits, as uuch as one neecled-. tsesid.es this,
there r.ias nothing in betr.reen, either to eat or clrink.
The cabin passengers could. get r for extra pay r a bottle
of port etc., frorn the man in charge, but that l{as no good- to
me to quench my thirst. 
The mid.d.l_e d.eck passengers could not
get any of this oi'l account of , I think, niss-use"
llhat f missed. most on board- the ship ltas the lovely bread,
as the hard- ship?s .biscuits d.id- not taste too .yrell, but I had
to get used. to it" 
f rrroul-d. have glad-ly paid. for a glass of
good- i,later to drinir,
The health on board- the ship rvas to day good., after sea-
sickness 1,7as over. f ir our d.aily lif e there uas a change r';hen
the Captain orclered a boat to be put to sea (there r,rere five
of them in casc of emergency), e,nd. the Captain and some sarlors
got into it" 
They took a harpoon, and- array they ror.red. until-
the boat was out of sight. As it ca.me back af ter a f ew hours ,
!h"y brought back 7 big turtles, the nid-d-Ie sized. one being
4ztUs. in l'reight.
Itlext d-ay there lras turtle soup, and- I took cne spoonful
but could- not manage any more. Among the Englisl: on the ship
it seerred to be a d-elicacy"
Another d-ay, still 
in the tropics, the Capta.in looi


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