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brobaly fifty in number. Capt Bently said some
of the larger ones would measure and hundred
and thirty feet. Had a pretty rough sea the
second day before landing, it was verry
dificult to keep our feet on deck, at the approach
ch of an extra high sea, the passengers would
grab something for an anchor, & those who
failed to do so were hurled with less ceremony
than dispatch against the railing or bulwarks.
It was laughable to see five or six big fellows
rolled against the side and after befor they could
regain their feet back to the other; but we took
it all in good part & as the captain said the
stronger the wind blew, the biger noise the bay
made. It was as good as a concert at table
during the rough sea cups & saucers sugar
& pickles & all salts of eatables got mixed up
in a incongruous mass untill it was dificult
to tell what we were eating. Weel Father I enjo-
yed my trip very much; but when I struck Liverpool a cold chill ran through me, and
I felt as if I wanted to go home again; but
that feeling is leaving me by degrees as I get
better acquainted with the people, their customs
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brobaly fifty in number. Capt Bently said some
of the larger ones would measure and hundred
and thirty feet. Had a pretty rough sea the
second day before landing, it was verry
dificult to keep our feet on deck, at the approach
ch of an extra high sea, the passengers would
grab something for an anchor, & those who
failed to do so were hurled with less ceremony
than dispatch against the railing or bulwarks.
It was laughable to see five or six big fellows
rolled against the side and after befor they could
regain their feet back to the other; but we took
it all in good part & as the captain said the
stronger the wind blew, the biger noise the bay
made. It was as good as a concert at table
during the rough sea cups & saucers sugar
& pickles & all salts of eatables got mixed up
in a incongruous mass untill it was dificult
to tell what we were eating. Weel Father I enjoyed my trip very much; but when I struck
Liverpool a cold chill ran through me, and
I felt as if I wanted to go home again; but
that feeling is leaving me by degrees as I get
better acquainted with the people, their customs
"Letter from Asahel Hart Woodruff, 1 June 1884," p. 3, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 19, 2024, https://www.wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/2OgW