Excerpt from Our Cruise in the Mediterranean

The wild ocean raved, the great foaming billows leaped and rolled and thundered headlong as they cast their white-crested heads far in the air, and our great Ship seemed almost swallowed up in the midst of the roaring waters that swept her decks as if She were but a toy in their play. The storm raged without the slightest abatement for two days, and during that time our regular, daily bill of fare was sadly interrupted, for we remained be low in various stages of wretchedness.

The lighthouse on the Bermudas was sighted, which brought a gleam of joy to our forlorn party. We found a refuge in St. George's Bay, and the next morning went ashore into the town of St.

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