All heavy clothing was laid aside, and anyone who had any amount of money on his person was unable to conceal it; but no one seemed to have any fear of theft, for a thief could not conceal anything he should steal, and no one reported anything lost.

There was occasionally a dead body to be consigned to a watery grave.
A few days out from here and we were again mustered as before to show our tickets, which were carefully examined.
It seemed strange to me that the water was the poorest fare we had.

It was sickish tasting stuff, and so warm it would do very well for dish-water.
There were many interesting things to see.

Sometimes it would be spouting whales; sometimes great black masses rolling on the water, looking like a ship bottom upward, which some said were black-fish.

Some fish seemed to be at play, and would jump ten feet or more out of the water.