Dec. 12 ~ Saturday

Arising this a.m. I felt well - thanks to our heavenly
Father - and went out on deck to enjoy the bright sun-
shine and the balmy air of the south of Spain and the
North of Africa. The sea again is calm & presents a
most beautiful appearance. Our ship, though, still
rocks and although the Atlantic rollers seem very small,
yet they are powerful and toss us slightly from side to
side. Occasionally a large one comes up & dashes us
over to the right or left and then I hear a roar from
the Belgians an boars who are drinking and playing cards.
We have passed lattitude 32° and are now somewhere on a
line with La. Nothing of much interest - so I will hold
family prayers in my stateroom all by myself as Morrison
has already retired.

Dec. 13 - Sunday

I hardly know what to say in regard to this day ~ among
the Belgian passengers there is no difference on Sunday
any more than any other day. We had no public service
as we did on the Waesland coming over from America, for
in the Ist place there were none who could understand
English - and none of the missionaries could speak
enough French to attempt to interest the passengers. So
at 11 o'clock a.m. Bros. Armstrong, Wescott, Morrison,
myself and 2 black boys who were going back to their
home on the Congo, repaired to our stateroom & there we
had an informal prayer meeting which lasted about an
hour. All outside of our room were very noisy with
drink. The day passed on however with no incident
worth noting. We hope to reach Las Palmas tomorrow
afternoon. At 8 o'clock again, this evening us 4 mise
sionaries came together again in our stateroom and we
had prayermeeting. After which tea was served, and then
we retired. Good-night, with prayers for all.

Dec. 14 - Monday

I arose this awm. feeling quite well, after a good
night's rest and a sound sleep. I wrote some letters to
some friends, as we were expecting to anchor at Las
Palmas this evening at about six o'clock. Nothing of
interest much during the day, until about 4 o'clock we
noticed in the distance, very dimly, some land, and the
Captain said it was Grand Canary Island. Of course then
we began to be more eager than ever to get on land - for
we thought that as soon as we should anchor that we
