Dec. 18 = Friday

Getting a little after sunrise I went out on deck to find
Morrison sitting there in the sunshine enjoying the beau-
tiful aem. and the fresh cool aire I sat down and read
my bible until breakfast which was enjoyed very much it
consisted of sheep liver - poached eggs, Irish potatoes,
bread & butter, cheese, tea or coffee ~ wine, beer,
champagne etc these latter I don't indulge in. A bright
beautiful clear day just pleasant enough to make one
enjoy a nice sea voyage if he only had his lady friends
with him. I saw some women at Las Palmas, Grand Canary,
but they were of a very poor specimen. All rough working
women of a mulatta complexion generally. Now I go to
luneh ~ dinner with us =~ and I eat heartily - come back
on deck and look for cape Verd. We see it = a crowd
gather and look. We see a shadow whieh is pronounced by
someone who professes to know = That's Cape Verde I not
being satisfied asked the Capt. but he smiled and said
8no. Indeed it was only a bank of cloud which had the
appearance of land. The afternoon passed on and now to
our hearts delight we see, about 6 o'clock a small point
of land which resembles the dome on one of the centennial
buildings in Nashville. We do not have time to view our
point long, however, until we are summoned by the eall
of a bell to dinner, we call it supper at home, however,
we obey the call and our first course was soupe Next
macaroni cooked with bits of ham and seasoned with some-
thing, I don't know, but smelled exactly like the guiana
which is put on eotton or tobacco to make it grow. Next
we had new plates and were served to beef, with navy
beans and string beans. Again we ha® clean plates and
we had more meat, & saratoga chips. Again clean plates
and we had dessert - a very thin piece of dough shortened
and sweetened and seemed to be fried. With this we had
iee cream? Yes actually ice cream this is the and time
we have had it since we left Antwerp. Then to wind up
with we had oranges and cheese & coffee. The sheese &
eoffee I did not partake of. Now I am full - how full
thankful. Ive had a good supper and feel better. But
on going on deek I see 3 lighthouses in sight one on
the high point of Cape Verd which projects into the
water - the other 2 on either side toward the mainland

making a triangle { and the dots will
Zep the Light-houses. Seen as Now we pase then
ani

no more land to be Ley) seen for about 4 days
