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he had been drinking very hard and a friend of his stated that he had not been sober for 8 days and the consequence was he was not able to under go the seasickness. But let him rest poor fellow he has gone and let us hope that his example of folly will be the means of saving some other young man from taking the same course. 8. PM. The death on board has had a sobering effect on the passengers for the usual singing and enjoyment has been dispensed with, and those that have no reading matter to pass the time |
have retired for the night.
Jan 5th. It is still raining and blowing quite a gale from the North East and it is very cold on deck. 7.30 AM. We have just received word that the burial of the young man who died yesterday is just about to take place on deck. so hurrying abaft the Pilot house we arrive just in time, as the service is about to commence, the body is in a shroued shroud of canvass tightly sewn around the body with a weight placed at the feet and lying on a board, the whole, being covered by the ship’s flag for a fall, the scene is very sad, the sailors having removed |
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