If she had been thrown upon us by one of the heavy seas that were running, we should probably have been cut down to the water's edge and sunk in a few minutes.

This will give me a lesson as to the space my long ship requires to turn in when she has a sea on the quarter or bow.

We are forty days out to-day, have seen four sails, and three of the four have proved to be foreign.

I am not discouraged, however, but I have had an excellent opportunity to practise the Christian virtue of patience, which virtue I think I am a little deficient in.
_Sunday, October 27th_ .-- A beautiful clear day, with a light breeze from the E.N.E., and a few summer-like passing trade-clouds.

Mustered the crew.