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of soup meat chicken Irish and sweet potato vegetables
corned beef, dessert pie or pudding, had baked
apple dumpling today. After dinner take a nap
read write or go on deck. At three bells supper,
which consists of tea bread and butter cheese sauce
gingerbread dried and salt beef tongue hash seause.
After supper go on deck spend the evening in a social
manner. At seven bells attend prayers and soon all
retire to berths for we all get tired with the rough
weather. This is the usual routine, varied with
slides over the cabin floor. At the sides of the
table are settees in which we pass then the Captain
ties us in and he is often complimented as being
a good shepherd keeping his flock. His name
is Shephard. The captain and his wife are most
amiable persons, live Christians striving every way
to make our voyage pleasant and ourselves happy.
They are lively and have a store of anecdotes
and stories to relate of sea life. Mother is sea