Today I do not feel hungry at all, but will be better in 
     
    
   
   
    
     a few days. 
     
     Monday, Jan. 6th. 
     
     Got back from hospital this morning feeling fine, 
     
    
   
   
    
     nice day too. Quite calm and no sea running. A sad 
     
     accident happened last week and was forgotten by me 
     
     at the time. 7 A heavy ice chest weighing about ten tons 
     
     broke away from its position with the motion of the 
     
     ship, and pinned a poor fellow against the after hatch 
     
     way. He died about a half an hour afterwards and 
     
     was buried same afternoon. This seemed to cast a 
     
     gloom over the rest of the party but it was not long 
     
     until all were in good spirits again. Tuesday Jan. 7th. 
     
     Feeling fine and enjoying things more than at any time 
     
     since leaving Victoria. Fine day. Wednesday 8th 
     
     January. Fine day snowing in the afternoon. 
     
    

    
     On Monday in the bad storm8 one of our 
     
     propellers left without giving any notice. They are 
     
     speaking of putting into Yokohama for repairs. she 
     
     makes only 5 knots in this storm. Thursday Jan. 9th. 
     
     Colder but smooth sea, approaching the Straits of 
     
     Saugon and can feel the difference in the roll of the 
     
     ship. The wind blowing offshore, and makes very 
     
     little sea. Making about nine or ten knots, doing well 
     
     for one propeller. Friday Jan. 10th. Still running 
     
     along at about 10 knots per hour with only one 
     
     propeller. If we had two in this weather we could 
     
     almost go twice as fast. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     This was the storm ofJanuary l 
     
     X This was the second storm of hunicane intensity which occurred on January 6‘”. See 
     
     Tompkins, Jan. 8m. 
     
    
   
   
    
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