The Steam Yacht Victoria
Thursday Morning 10 Oclk July 15th, 1897
Dear Emma, Fred, Anna and Aldana
I closed yesterday a twelve page letter to you but as yet have not mailed it. We hope to make some port to-day and get our letters started for London meanwhile I commence this which will keep me agoing for two or three days thus keeping you more more less posted as to my whereabouts and what I am doing. We are still plodding along the Fiords but have not made much headway for 24 hours as there as been such a dense fog we could scarecly see 20 feet ahead of us. Again the channels are so very narrow in many places that the ship has to squeeze her way through so to speak, the shores are rock bound and it requires the most careful handling to keep clear or them; occasionally the sun breaks through and then it just more than fine, the scenery is beautiful indeed. Mountains fo solid granite towering thousands of feet about you and in many cases they are snow capped which gives them a wonderfully grand appearance. Yesterday we re crossed the Artic Circle and therefore are once more in the temperate zone they however are in no ways dark as yet, I was reading at One Oclk this morning by the sun rays and with perfect ease, no artificial light required. The weather has moderated very much indeed everyone on board is today out in light colors and summer clothes. Overcoats have been discarded for the present at least. Sea sickness for the most part it a thing of the past but in ten days from now when we come to cross the “North Sea” I anticipate seeing more or less of a circus amongst the passengers who by the way are just at present in a jolly mood, they are all on d3eck and music, games, books, etc. etc. is the programme for one and all. You cannot imagine any happier or more contented crowd than those on board this ship.
© 2008 All rights reserved
My Own Thoughts:
If you notice, there are some words clearly spelled in the American way, while others still maintain their English spelling. An example of this would be the word used above, “programme”.
I’m finding as I continue on, that Cassander Flagg did indeed have a sense of humor. If you were to see his picture he is such a proper looking gentleman, certainly not one to laugh at a crowd of people on board ship “throwing up here there and everywhere”!
