Thursday, August 10. For the last twen-
ty-four hours Vapory clouds overhang us,
rising with a fresh southerly breeze; our
speed twelve knots, giving us 270 miles dur-
ing the day. We receive every attention from
the steward and waiters, who furnish the
choicest wines, and every delicacy we may
require, at a moment's notice. Captain Lett
is extremely courteous, and appears a most
careful and admirable seaman. We are fly-
ing with the speed of a bird across the sea ;
scarcely one of our company is seasick, and
we are predicting the hour on Saturday
which will present to us the coast of Ireland.
Friday J August 11. The wind freshens to
a gale from the southwest, before which we
fly, amid blue waves capped with foam,
sprinkled over the surface of the sea, making
267 miles. Before night a ealm succeed^
the gale.
Saturday^ August 12. A charming mortt



south. Two ships appear in the distance —
a most igrateful sight to us, lone voyagers*
as we have been, for the last five days,
across the waste of waters ; numerous por-
poises sport around us. At two p. m. we make
the western shores of Ireland, having made
the run in six days and eighteen hours from
Cape Race. At five p. m. speak the Margaret
steamer, for Halifax, and in the evening pass
numerous fishing-boats, and the lights of
Cape Clear, Cork, and Kinsale.
• Sunday J August 13. Before breakfast pass
the Tuskar light, a solitary tower in mid-
channel ; suddenly a dense fog sets in, and
veils the coast from our view. At two p. m.
