Then we have the
ladies' cabin set apart as an engineer's office, and I think this
decidedly the nicest place in the ship: 35 ft. x 20 ft. broad -
four tables, three great mirrors, plenty of air and no heat from
the funnels which spoil the great dining-room. I saw a whole
library of books on the walls when here last, and this made me less
anxious to provide light literature; but alas, to-day I find that
they are every one bibles or prayer-books. Now one cannot read
many hundred bibles. . . . As for the motion of the ship it is not
very much, but 'twill suffice. Thomson shook hands and wished me
well. I DO like Thomson. . . . Tell Austin that the GREAT EASTERN
has six masts and four funnels. When I get back I will make a
little model of her for all the chicks and pay out cotton reels. .
. . Here we are at 4.20 at Brest. We leave probably to-morrow
morning.
'JULY 12. GREAT EASTERN. - Here as I write we run our last course
for the buoy at the St. Pierre shore end.
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