Then, if all things are prosperous, we hope to reach Newfoundland in twenty days, and dear home again the first week in September.

And yet there may be delays in this great work, for it is a vast and new one, so don't be impatient if I do not return quite so soon.
The work must be thoroughly and well done before we leave it....
"_Evening, ten o'clock._ We have had a beautiful day and have been going slowly along and expect to be in the Cove of Cork by daylight in the morning.

The deck of our ship presents a curious appearance just now; Between the main and mizzen masts is an immense coil of one hundred and thirty miles of the cable, the rest is in larger coils below decks.

Abaft the mizzen mast is a ponderous mass of machinery for regulating the paying out of the cable, a steam-engine and boiler complete, and they have just been testing it to see if all is right, and it is found right.
We have the prospect of a fine moon for our expedition.
"I send you the copy of a prayer that has been read in the churches.

I am rejoiced at the manner in which the Christian community views our enterprise.