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Title: Grant's tour around the world; with incidents of his journey through England, Ireland, Scotland ..
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Packard, J. F
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Voyages around the world
Publisher: St. Louis, Mo., W. S. Bryan (etc., etc.)
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iving through the cold, unrelenting rain. I am afraid I shall do the Mediterranean an in-justice if I leave the impression that it is alwaysan ugly sea. When I wrote the last paragragh, I,had just come in from the rain.. But this morningthe rain has gone, and our sea is as gentle as a millpond, and we begin to rejoice in sun and cloudlessskies. The old ship brightens up like a spring morning,and the deck swarms with sailors putting everything inorder. Give me a man-of-war for putting everything inorder. There is no end to the washing, the scrubbing,the cleaning of brass. In a short time the traces of thestorm are removed and we have quarters. The marineguard comes ,to its post—every man as fresh as a new pin—and as Captain Fagan carefully inspects the line, ourGeneral notes that the line is well kept and the men ingood discipline. The sailors at their guns, the engineersat their quarters, every man at his post, the inspectiongoes on, and reports are made. One or two poor fellows i
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AROUND THE WORLD. 223 who jumped over and swam ashore in Malta, and weretaken are now in the brig, and the lady of our ship hasbeen using her influence to have their punishment lessened—it being the holiday season, and so on. I do not liketo ask whether she has succeeded or not, for, as you willsee, it is really none of my business. But I have greatconfidence in the persuasive powers of Mrs. Grant, and Ionly allude to this incident because it gives me an excusefor referring to her generous and thoughtful character, tothat never-failing kindness and amiability which go so farto enhance the pleasure of our trip. As you stand on thequarterdeck and see the well ordered movements of theship; the men in uniform going from place to place; thecalls, the commands; the great menacing guns crouchingunder the ports; as you watch the always changing noveltyof a man-of-wars duties, and feel the soft, warm air comingover the calmest of summer seas, you begin to feel thatthere is some attraction in

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