Excerpt from Souvenir of a Tour in the United States of America and Canada in the Autumn of 1872 We are now on the bofom of the great Atlantic, and there is blow ing what an old Scotch failor calls a bit breath 0' wind. I learn that a number of the paffengers are afflieted with that awful malady, fea-fickness and very few ofthe lady-paffengers made their appearance on deck to-day. By reclining, and always keeping as much as poffible in the fame pofition, I avoided becoming fick. Looking around me at intervals, I obferved fome kent faces: among the paffengers from Scotland being - Mr and Mrs Moore, of Park Circus, Glafgow, Mr Galbraith, a brother of ex - Lord Provoft Galbraith of Glafgow, Mr m'ewen, of Park Terrace, Glafgow; Mr Moffat, of Ardroffan; Mr Stott, agent for the Scottifh Amicable Affurance Company, Glafgow Mr and Mrs Arthur, of Barfhaw, and their fon Mai'ter Tom, .a nice lad fourteen or fifteen years of age alfo_mr Richard Kidfton, of Newton, and his brother, Captain Kidfton, of the gallant 42d Highlanders. Occarnal converfations with the above, and with my two travelling companions, Mr John Hendrie and his brother James, ferved to while away the time and keep me from wearying. Our good fhip has made gallant progrefs o'er the waves - having, fince leaving Queenf'town, run a diftance of 242 nautical miles, which is equal to about 278 geo graphical miles, the difference in computation being about a feventh. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.