It is pleasant to be awakened by music. On Sunday, the band, which is composed of the stewards of the second cabin, played a German choral, “Beliehl du Deine Wege.” This morning, the Cornetist gave us quite a nice morning call. Upon opening our “Grub satchel,” I discovered that the cork had come out of…

Upon reaching deck, I found it very wet, it was raining and rather windy. The wind increased during the day to almost a storm, and the ship rolled from one side to another, the waves sometimes breaking over the promenade deck. We did not move about very much and did not go down to dinner…

I had my April fool fun with some, telling them that there was a “Boat in sight.” Weather beautiful and one half the journey (to Gibraltar anyhow) completed. Mama sleeps a good deal as the air is so soft, and the noise of the boat breaking its way through the water lulls one to sleep.…