Excerpt from Whirl Around the World
Surely the one gratification of mankind"s lifetime is that of circling the globe - tho considering the number of peoples who inhabit this sphere, how few avail themselves of the opportunity!
Having always dwelt inland, with domicile near the "Father-of-Waters," I was seized with this longing to know whats on the other side, terminating in a whirl around the world by a Missouri girl, who will attempt to disclose to those who have never been, and review those who have been, a summary of seven months of strange customs and costumes on foreign lands and seas with dashes of life on a cruising ship intermingling.
Next to sitting out well-earned, long, restful days on the sea (which is appreciated only by the active), is experiencing the delightful sensation of embarking and disembarking from a great ocean liner, and to me one of the chief features was our approach to, and departure from harbour, each one different more interesting, and seemingly surpassing the other - as the principal ports of all the nations round the world are many and varied.
After days of sailing - often more than a week - without even a dent on the deadline where sea and sky meet.
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