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it was a swell trip up the mouth
of the Mersey to the docks. The city
and its suburbs on both sides of
the river. The town of New Brighton
the first we saw is about the prettiest
place I have seen. The land slopes
gently toward the river, and
from the height of the ship we had
a great view. It is merely a
residental town and is all houses
and lawns & flowerbeds and
public buildings. The houses, of
course, are one continuous row
built into each other; no space is
lost. The other side of the river,
however, presented another side with
its docks, freight sheds, factories,
and wholesales. The immense
harbor was thickly mottled with
ships of every conceivable kind.
Every boat saluted the troopship
and the sailors and passengers
cheered.

I saw a couple of Cruisers &
several destroyers but no big battle