| fires and one of them has
very kindly warned some coffee for us which we enjoyed for we were shivering with cold. 8. AM Breakfest is over and we are all preparing to go ashore so keeping my eye on my baggage I follow it out on to the warfe. where it is exa- -mined by the Custom House officers. whose duty it is to siege all tobacco and Spirits. After passing the officers I now have my baggage taken to the Midland R. R. Depot while I make my way to Water Street to get my draft cashed. Before leaving the ship I succeeded in getting a few pennies in change for United States coins, the |
same I used to pay my car fare.
as I had been advised to do so for it is a long distance to walk and difficult for a stranger to find. As I step onto the street I get the first glimpse of English life everything seems so strange The weather is the same as is gener- ally experince here dark, foggy and wet and the streets are all mud. As I pass along on the car (which resembles a stage coach more than a car) I get a view of the business part of the city for my course lays along the docks, The docks and Quays are wonderfully const- -ructed so as to accomodate so much shipping in a very small space they are built in a key shape with numerous Iron bridges (constru- -ted so as to be removed to allow the boats to pass) connect the |
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