February 17, 1846 ~ Tuesday

17^th The coldest morning we have had
on board sails & ropes froze stiff And
Ice all over the ship most of the passeger
kept there beds untill late to keep warm
it is vary tedious upon the sailors several
of them are sick this morning throgh
the exposures of the night threere is
but one of us in our state room out
of betd at a time to watch & take care
of things we take turns & go bed to get
warm Any man that would sell a farm
& go to sea for a living has A
different taste from mine but I
cannot write more now for it is so
cold & the ship rocks so bad it is with
difficulty I can make A letter

February 18, 1846 ~ Wednesday

18^th Head wind we are running south it
is not so cold as yesterday yet it is
quite uncomfortable we had a rough
rocking night I was quite unwell
I have spent most of the last two days
in reading the travels of
Edward Daniel Clark, L.L.D. through
Russia Tartary And Turkey which I
found to be highly interesting His style
of writing is quite similar to that
of Stephen He drayws however A Horrid
picture of the whole Russin Nation
He speaks of the Cossacks vary highly
He considers the meanest of them
superior to the most noble of the
Russian No Nation that He visited but
what he gave A better character than
the Russions

February 17, 1846 ~ Tuesday

17th The coldest morning we have had on board sails & ropes froze stiff And Ice all over the ship most of the passeger kept there beds untill late to keep warm it is vary tedious upon the sailors several of them are sick this morning through the exposures of the night there is but one of us in our state room out of bed at a time to watch & take care of things we take turns & go bed to get warm Any man that would sell a farm & go to sea for a living has A different taste from mine but I cannot write more now for it is so cold & the ship rocks so bad it is with difficulty I can make A letter.

February 18, 1846 ~ Wednesday

18th Head wind we are running South it is not so cold as yesterday yet it is quite uncomfortable we had a rough rocking night I was quite unwell I have spent most of the last two days in reading the travels of Edward Daniel Clark, L.L.D. through Russia Tartary And Turkey which I found to be highly interesting His style of writing is quite similar to that of Stephen He draws however A Horrid picture of the whole Russin Nation He speaks of the Cossacks vary highly He considers the meanest of them superior to the most noble of the Russian No Nation that he visited but what he gave a better character than the Russions