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[[crossed out:  or Emigrants were starting - but would recommend starting [[?]] from Liverpool to N. Orleans & from there by a steamer to Galveston.]]  My fellow passengers on b the I cannot say the 'good Ship' _______ consisted of a French
[[crossed out:  or Emigrants were starting - but would recommend starting [[?]] from Liverpool to N. Orleans & from there by a steamer to Galveston.]]  My fellow passengers on bd the I cannot say the 'good Ship' _______ consisted of a French Gentleman His family & [[?] its about safety in Texas A German Merchant & a few Strange passengers consisting of Captains, [[?]] Tartans &c - On the 9th Sept 1841 we left London on the [[5 unclear words]] front of us & carried away our Jib-boom [[?]] - bad weather caused us to bear [[?]] & come to anchor off Deal for some days a company with a large fleet of [[3 unclear words]]  a fair Wind from N.E. then wafted us out of he Channel carrying us into the 'trades.'  [[crossed out lines]]
  My Companions were agreeable enough - but the Captain!  Before we left London he had given occasional proofs of inebriety, but I had hoped that his duties as a Seaman & navigator when at Sea would reclaim him from the intemperate [[?]] of the bottle.  Alas, the truth - pardon the word - was in a state of intoxication the whole voyage - he seldom changed his clothes unless they were falling to pieces - he seldom if ever slept in his berth - the Cabin passengers fortunately had State rooms - sad as tey were - this the Captain would sit & [[?]] by himself after we had eaten night fall drink made the [[?]] & then groan & sleep - he had a horror of even moderate cleanliness &  in a short time the cabin became perfectly pestiferous.  The five days we remained at St. Thomas the Captain led a life of drunkeness & dissipation - but I was fortunately located on Shore with

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2 [[crossed out: or Emigrants were starting - but would recommend starting ? from Liverpool to N. Orleans & from there by a steamer to Galveston.]] My fellow passengers on bd the I cannot say the 'good Ship' _______ consisted of a French Gentleman His family & [[?] its about safety in Texas A German Merchant & a few Strange passengers consisting of Captains, ? Tartans &c - On the 9th Sept 1841 we left London on the 5 unclear words front of us & carried away our Jib-boom ? - bad weather caused us to bear ? & come to anchor off Deal for some days a company with a large fleet of 3 unclear words a fair Wind from N.E. then wafted us out of he Channel carrying us into the 'trades.' crossed out lines

  My Companions were agreeable enough - but the Captain!  Before we left London he had given occasional proofs of inebriety, but I had hoped that his duties as a Seaman & navigator when at Sea would reclaim him from the intemperate ? of the bottle.  Alas, the truth - pardon the word - was in a state of intoxication the whole voyage - he seldom changed his clothes unless they were falling to pieces - he seldom if ever slept in his berth - the Cabin passengers fortunately had State rooms - sad as tey were - this the Captain would sit & ? by himself after we had eaten night fall drink made the ? & then groan & sleep - he had a horror of even moderate cleanliness &  in a short time the cabin became perfectly pestiferous.   The five days we remained at St. Thomas the Captain led a life of drunkeness & dissipation - but I was fortunately located on Shore with